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In the last nine months four people have been criminalised for protesting against ANJ’s oil palm plantations.

By admin | Published: October 7, 2015

Within the last nine months, state forces have laid criminal charges against four of the local indigenous landowners whose land has been grabbed by oil palm plantations PT Permata Putera Mandiri and PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa, both subsidiaries of Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri, owned by tycoon George Tahija. The four include Obet Korie (52 years […]

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Trial starts for two people arrested on demonstration at PT Permata Putera Mandiri’s offfice.

By admin | Published: July 24, 2015

On 15th May this year, dozens of students and others from the Iwaro ethnic group from Metamani and Inanwatan in South Sorong Regency, staged a protest action with banners and speeches, blocking the offices of oil palm company PT Permata Putera Mandiri (PPM), on Jalan Ahmad Yani, Sorong City, West Papua Province. According to Simon […]

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Arrests at demo demanding justice from PT Permata Putera Mandiri in Sorong

By admin | Published: May 18, 2015

Dozens of local people involved in the IPPMI (Union of Iwaro Youth and Students) held a protest action outside the offices of PT Permata Putera Mandiri (PPM) on Jalan Ahmad Yani in Sorong City on Friday lunchtime. The participants were demanding justice and a resolution of the situation whereby local people had lost out due […]

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PT Permata Putera Mandiri facing community opposition

By admin | Published: March 17, 2015

Austindo Nusantara Jaya Group is facing community resistance on two fronts by residents upset by the company’s recent forest clearance for its oil palm and sago operations in South Sorong Regency. On the ground a dispute has broken out with villagers from Saga village claiming that the company has used their land, but without negotiating […]

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