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Riau Governor tried for issuing permits to pulp suppliers

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, APRIL, Azmun Jafar, Bhakti Praja Mulia, corruption, forest crime, Merbau Pelalawan Lestari, Mitra Hutani, Mitra Taninusa Sejati, permit, PON XVIII, pulp, pulp and paper industry, pulp suppliers, Putri Lindung Bulan, RAPP, Riau Governor, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Rusli Zainal, Satria Perkasa Agung, Selaras Abadi Utama, Seraya Sumber Lestari

The first trial on corruption cases involving Riau Governor Rusli Zainal who allegedly paid bribe in PON 2012 national games scandal and accepted bribery in issuing forest logging permits for pulp and paper timber suppliers held on last Wednesday (6/11) in Pekanbaru Corruption Court.

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APRIL blasted for pollution, unemployment, corruption rants

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Alam Jaya, APP, APRIL, Bhakti Praja Mulia, corruption, deforestation, Harapan Jaya, human rights abuses, ICW, Madukoro, Merbau Pelalawan Lestari, Mitra Hutani Jaya, Mitra Tani Nusa Sejati, Mutiara Lestari, pollution, pulp and paper industry, Putri Lindung Bulan, RAPP, Riau, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Satria Perkasa Agung, Selaras Abadi Utama, timber supplier, Trio Mas FDI, Tuah Negeri, Uniseraya, water pollution, wood supply, Yos Raya Timber

Students association in Pelalawan district where Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) office and mill located protested the company’s main supplier PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) over ignorance in providing employment for locals as well as intransparency in handling industrial waste management.

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Ex forestry service imprisoned to 2.5 year for graft case

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Alam Lestari, APRIL, Burhanuddin Husein, corruption, forest graft, forestry corruptors, KPK, Madukoro, Merbau Pelalawan Lestari, Mitra Tani Nusa Sejati, pulpwood, RAPP, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Selaras Abadi Utama, timber supplier, Uniseraya

Former Riau Forestry Service and Kampar District Head, Burhanuddin Husein was punished two and a half year jail by Corruption Criminal Court in Pekanbaru on Wednesday after judges decided he was found guilty in committing graft collectively.

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Witnesses unveil irregularities in logging license

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Alam Lestari, APP, APRIL, Balai Kayang Mandiri, Bina Daya Bintara, Burhanuddin Husin, corruption, deforestation, forest graft, license, logging, Mutiara Lestari, NTFP, Persada Karya Sejati, pulp and paper industry, pulpwood plantation, RAPP, Riau Corruption Trial, Rimba Mandau Lestari, Selaras Abadi Utama, Siak Raya, timber supplier, Tuah Negeri

Recent trials of forestry corruption with defendant Burhanuddin Husin, former Riau Forestry Service Head at Pekanbaru’s Corruption Crime Court presented witnesses telling irregularities found in ground checking.

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Another official sentenced for forestry corruption conviction

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APRIL, Azmun Jaafar, Bakti Praja Mulya, Burhanuddin Husein, corruption, EoF, forest graft, forestry corruptors, KPK, license, Mitra Tani Nusa Sejati, Pelalawan, Putri Lindung Bulan, Riau, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Selaras Abadi Utama, Syuhada, timber supplier, Tuah Negeri

A former Forestry Service head in Riau province was charged of five year imprisonment by Anti-corruption Court in Pekanbaru on Wednesday for found guilty of receiving bribery and fee from companies as he issued logging licenses for several timber companies.

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Ex-district head sentenced for forestry corruption case

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, APP, APRIL, Arwin AS, Azmun Jaafar, Balai Kayang Mandiri, Bhakti Praja Mulia, Bina Daya Bintara, corruption, EoF, forestry corruptors, ICW, KPK, logging license, Mitra Taninusa Sejati, NTFP, Putri Lindung Bulan, Rimba Mandau Lestari, Rimba Mutiara Permai, Selaras Abadi Utama, Seraya Sumber Lestari, Syuhada, timber supplier, Tuah Negeri

Former Siak District Head Arwin AS was sentenced to four-year imprisonment by Corruption Court in Pekanbaru on Thursday as he was found guilty to make money collaborately by issuing logging licenses to pulp timber suppliers during his service as District Head in 2001-2002.

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