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Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.
Local Indigenous communities say the mining sites have put their food security at risk, with pollution affecting fruit trees and root vegetables as well as depletion of local fisheries.
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The former president was arrested this week for his alleged role in thousands of extrajudicial killings. Philippine civil society is still reckoning with the Duterte-era crackdown two and a half years after he left office.
China and Pakistan have announced an upgraded CPEC, but security risks and financial hurdles still cloud the future of energy investments, write experts from IEEFA and Pakistan-China Institute.
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