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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Orangutan 'killers' on trial over slaughtering primates for pest control at palm oil plantation

Four men went on trial today accused of killing orangutans and other endangered primates at a palm oil plantation in Borneo.

Phuah Chuan Hun, manager of the plantation in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, and his employee Widiantoro paid two men to kill the primates, prosecutors claimed.

They and the two alleged killers, Imam Muhtarom and Mujianto, face five years each in jail if found guilty of the charge of killing endangered species.      Read More

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