Duta Palma is a

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company from

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. It is a subsidiary of Darmex Agro Holdings. It has significant land banks. The

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has or used to have a 30% investment in Duta Palma. Many prominent former military men have positions within the company. There were concerns over

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. Duta Palma is said to be one of the companies with the worst track record of

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.Helena Varkkey, ''The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 141

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issued a membership termination letter to PT Dutapalma Nusantara in 2013 The owner of Duta Palma Surya Damandi has been charged for corruption for bribing the local authority to convert reserved land for plantation. The arrest warrant issued on the 9th August 2019.

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