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JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesian police were accused by a rights group on Tuesday (Oct 10) of opening fire on a protest in Borneo against an oil palm company last week, killing one demonstrator and injuring at least one other.
Rights groups have long criticised police in the archipelago nation for heavy-handed tactics against demonstrations opposed to government policy or economic projects accused of harming the environment and Indigenous rights.
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