Dino Hindarto, chief executive of PT Nawakara Perkasa Nusantara, gestures during an interview in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian security companies have seen a surge in demand for guards to protect palm oil plantations from fruit thieves and land grabbers, amid a rebound in prices of the commodity used to churn out everything from cooking oil to soap.
Palm prices have jumped over 15 percent in the last few months, boosting the temptation for individuals or small-scale criminal gangs to steal fruit to sell to middlemen in the world's biggest producer of the tropical oil.
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