THREAD | On Sept 4, 2019 rectangular planting blocks started to appear south of an IOI-subsidiary oil palm concession in West Kalimantan.

15 days later, satellite images showed the space between the old and new blocks were engulfed in fire.

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The timing of the blaze coincided with when fires in Indonesia were choking Malaysia with haze.

IOI, however, denied responsibility over the fire.

Instead, they blamed the fire on a prolonged drought, and negligence by locals.

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This report was done in collaboration with @temponewsroom

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