Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept

WEST PASAMAN, Indonesia — Eren says he can’t forget the day in 2000 when he fled from the plantation security guards. He had joined fellow residents of Nagari Aia Gadang village, in West Pasaman district on the island of Sumatra, to meet representatives of PT Anam Koto about the community’s entitlement to a proportion of … Continue reading Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept