Volunteer firefighters spray water on burning peatland in Kereng Bangkirai subdistrict, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan in this file picture from June 24, 2023. - Antara
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The Supreme Court has ordered a palm oil company to pay Rp 920 billion (US$60.9 million) for failing to prevent or extinguish forest fires within its concession area in West Kalimantan, adding to a growing list of firms held responsible for environmental disasters in the country.
The court’s justices upheld on July 3 a lower court’s ruling that oil palm plantation firm PT Rafi Kamajaya Abadi (RKA) was responsible for fires in its concession area in Melawi regency, West Kalimantan, between 2016 and 2019.
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