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Land schemers: Two North Sumatra Prosecutor’s Office’s personnel escort two suspects ('center left, 'center right') after questioning and before they are returned to their detention center. The office named two former officials of the National Land Agency (BPN) as suspects for allegedly transferring some 8,000 hectares of land owned by state-owned plantations PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) I to a private developer.
Land schemers: Two North Sumatra Prosecutor’s Office’s personnel escort two suspects ('center left, 'center right') after questioning and before they are returned to their detention center. The office named two former officials of the National Land Agency (BPN) as suspects for allegedly transferring some 8,000 hectares of land owned by state-owned plantations PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) I to a private developer.`
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