Indonesian palm oil firm hit with $1.8m fine for 2015 fires

Mongabay
Dec 23, 2019, 9:16 am143 pts
JAKARTA — An Indonesian court has fined an palm oil company $1.8 million for fires that occurred on its concession in 2015, capping a four-year ordeal by the government to bring the firm to justice. The South Jakarta District Court ruled on Dec. 10 that PT Kaswari Unggul, a subsidiary of Jakarta-listed Bakrie…

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