‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia

Mongabay
Oct 5, 2017, 5:52 am123 pts
JAKARTA — A district chief from Indonesian Borneo has been named a corruption suspect over the issuance of an oil palm plantation permit, opening the door for law enforcers to unravel other cases related to natural resources in the coal-rich jurisdiction. Rita Widyasari, the elected head of Kutai Kutanegara,…

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