CPOPC: AP report out to harm image of palm oil industry


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KUALA LUMPUR: The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) is crying foul over an article published by the Associated Press (AP) titled "Rape, abuses in oil palm fields linked to top beauty brands” on Nov 18.

In a statement today, the CPOPC said the few unconfirmed interviews published by the United States-based news agency in the article were selected to intentionally harm the image of the palm oil industry as a whole.

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