Hundreds of people attacked security officers and employees of forestry firm PT Rimba Lazuardi in the Peranap district, Indragiri Hulu regency, in Riau on Wednesday, burning down the companyâs assets
undreds of people attacked security officers and employees of forestry firm PT Rimba Lazuardi in the Peranap district, Indragiri Hulu regency, in Riau on Wednesday, burning down the company's assets.
'Unidentified people descended on the location. It had recently been cleared and planted,' the company's spokesman Abdul Hadi told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Hadi said that dozens of employees were injured in the attack, adding that three security guards were in a critical condition and were receiving hospital treatment.
He said the attackers also destroyed the employee camp, three patrol cars, a car belonging to the firm manager, five excavators and a small mosque. 'The total loss could reach billions of rupiah'.
He claimed he still did not know why the local residents had run amok and denied that the attack had been caused by a land dispute.
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