Watch: Budiardi, labeled a ‘provocateur’ and jailed in a dispute with a palm oil company

Mongabay
Mar 6, 2018, 5:02 am313 pts
Budiardi was one of the more colorful characters we met in our reporting for “The palm oil fiefdom.” Thickset and outspoken, he was previously a member of the local parliament in Indonesia’s Seruyan district. He said he had been inspired to enter politics because the district chief, Darwan Ali, had ceded…

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