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Corporate Violations Linked to the Sumatra Floods

Monday, December 22, 2025

The police have only targeted one palm oil plantation owner in connection with the Sumatra floods. Dozens of other companies are suspected of involvement.

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Piles of timber swept away by flash floods in Garoga Village, Batangtoru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, December 10, 2025. Tempo/Hammam Izzuddin. tempo : 177307900932.

A TWO-meter-long section of rubber tree trunk lay piled up at Garoga I Bridge, which links Garoga village in South Tapanuli with Anggoli village in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra. The log did not appear to have been uprooted. The cut along its trunk was too neat. The marks of a chainsaw were clearly visible.

That day marked two weeks since flash floods struck five villages along the border of the two regencies on November 25, 2025. Tempo v

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Hammam Izzudin, Moh. Khory Alfarizi, Lani Diana, and Sahat Simatupang (Medan) contributed to the writing of this article. 

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