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https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/11/article/sumatra-palm-oil-exec-held-in-journalist-murders/?_=4912386


*Sumatra palm oil exec held in journalist murders*

Allegedly masterminded the plot by paying $3,000 to four men to commit the
killings

*ByAT CONTRIBUTOR, JAKARTA*

An Indonesian palm oil executive has been arrested for allegedly ordering
the killing two activist journalists who were mediating a land dispute
between his company and local residents, police said Saturday.

Maraden Sianipar’s body was found last week in a ditch near a palm
plantation in Labuhan Batu in North Sumatra province.

Police found the remains of his colleague, Maratua Siregar, in the same
area a day later. Both had been stabbed multiple times.

On Saturday, North Sumatra authorities said they had arrested businessman
Wibharry Padmoasmolo for allegedly masterminding the plot by paying nearing
$3,000 to four men to commit the killings.

Padmoasmolo owns a firm that produces palm oil — a widely used vegetable
oil found in everything from soap to chocolate — which was in a dispute
with locals that the two victims were advocating for, police said.

The killings were aimed at stopping the pair’s involvement, according to
authorities, who added that Padmoasmolo has denied owning the firm under
questioning.

In all, five people have been arrested in connection with the murder plot
and police said they’re still searching for several more suspects still at
large.

“We are looking for the three, while the five other suspects have been
detained for further questioning,” said North Sumatra police chief Agus
Andrianto.

Victims Sianipar and Maratua worked together for a local online news portal
before going freelance in 2017.

A friend of Siregar said they had recently become known for their activism
in land disputes — a common source of conflict across the resource-rich
Southeast Asian archipelago.

The friend said Siregar was active in an organisation that advocated for
residents in the dispute.

Many cases of violence against journalists in Indonesia go unsolved,
according to the Independent Journalists Alliance, which has reported at
least two dozen cases this year alone.

Indonesia is ranked 124th out of 180 countries on the 2019 World Press
Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders.

*– **AFP*

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