PT Adei Plantation and Industry (PT API) is a palm oil company from Indonesia. It is a subsidiary of Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK).[1]
Around 2003, 70% (19,432 hectares) of PT API's land in Riau was on peat soil.[2] It owned 27760 hectares of land in Riau in around 2009.[3] According to a police spokesperson, there was enough evidence on PT API's’s involvement for its use of illegal slash-and-burn methods to clear land for cultivation.[4] It one of the few companies that have ever been successfully prosecuted for open burning so far. [5] The company was found guilty of fires on its land in October 2001.[5] Mr C. Gobi, the general manager, was sentenced to a two-year imprisonment, which was reduced to eight months.[5] The company was fined $27,000, which was reduced to $11,000.[5] Another general manager of the company was found guilty of causing forest fires in 2014. [5]
References edit
- ^ The Jakarta Post. "Malaysian firm named suspect in Riau forest fires - The Jakarta Post". thejakartapost.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 131
- ^ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 75
- ^ The Jakarta Post. "Malaysian firm named suspect in Riau forest fires - The Jakarta Post". thejakartapost.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ a b c d e Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 146