Six settlers in Tesso Nilo National Park sentenced to six months in prison - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post

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The defendants allegedly dismantled posts and destroyed equipment and other property belonging to the Forest Enforcement Task Force (PKH) causing estimated state losses of around Rp 50 million.

Forest rangers and policemen pose on June 10, 2025, in front of a demolished illegal structure inside the Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan regency, Riau. The personnel are part of the Garuda Task Force for Forest Enforcement to rehabilitate forest areas in Indonesia. (Antaranews.com/Forestry Ministry)

Pekanbaru district court in Riau has sentenced six settlers in Tesso Nilo national forest to six months in prison for demolishing two Forest Enforcement Task Force (PKH) posts, as efforts to relocate residents from the protected forest remain stalled.Presiding judge Jonson Parancis ruled on Thursday that the defendants were proven to have jointly committed vandalism against public property.