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The suspect is charged with converting protected forest land into a palm oil plantation without a permit.
An excavator destroys a protected mangrove forest for conversion into palm oil plantations in Sungai Sembilan district in Dumai city, Riau, in this undated picture provided by Riau Police Special Crimes Investigation (Reskrimsus) Directorate. Detectives from Riau Police Reskrimsus Directorate have named a man as a suspect for converting 111,77 hectares of protected mangrove without permit. (Courtesy of Riau Police /-)
Riau Police Special Criminal Investigation (Reskrimsus) Directorate named a man suspect for destroying a protected mangrove forest in Sungai Sembilan district, Dumai city, for conversion to palm oil plantations.Reskrimsus Directorate chief Sr. Comr. Ade Kuncoro Ridwan said the case is being handled by the directorate’s Sub-directorate IV after receiving information on land clearing at a forest area in Mekar Sari village, Sungai Sembilan district.
