4 corporates allegedly involved in orangutans massacre

Massacre of orangutans in Borneo by irresponsible companies (Image:public domain)

At least three corporates engaged slaughter of orangutans in Borneo. The fact is the observation result of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) which presented in a press conference in Jakarta.

The first corporate is Metro Kajang Corporate Benhard with subsidiary PT Khaleda Agroprima Malindo (KHAM) based in East Kalimantan. Cases which involving corporates was a massacre of orangutans in the village Puan Cepak, East Kalimantan.

One of the evidences of massacres involving these companies is bones that found in the concession area of PT KHAM which reconstructed by Tropical Forest Research Centre Mulawarman University. It was proved that the bones belonged to the orangutan.

COP explained that based on reports of citizens, PT KHAM has a relationship with another company, PT Anugerah Urea Sakti (AUS). Both are sometimes regarded as the same company, owned by a local businessman named JM.

COP successfully evacuate each of the first baby of orangutans from poachers which rented PT PT AUS and KHAM to kill orangutans. COP also evacuated baby orangutans that are kept in the camp workers of PT AUS.

Recent evidence, COP found orangutans in battered condition in the region PT KHAM. This male orangutan's face was swollen and bloody and also his body was injured due to the rope that bound him.

According to the residents, COP explained that one way to eradicate wildlife including orangutans are using Furadan poison which sprayed onto the bananas. Then, these bananas stocked on the outskirts of the forest so that wildlife that eat them die.

Besides Metro Kajang Benhard, other corporates involved in the slaughter of orangutans in East Kalimantan is Makin Group with PT Sabhantara Rawi Sentosa as a subsidiary. The company operates in Muara Wahau, East Kalimantan.

COP found two babies of orangutans aged 4-5 years and another one aged 2-3 years. Both the parent has been killed. When orangutan's grave dismantled for identification the death reason, the COP team found that one orangutan fingers broken.

Two other alleged corporates involved in the slaughter of orangutans based in Central Kalimantan, are Wilmar Group and Best Agro International Group. The involvement of both companies show that the orangutans were slaughtered in the territory of its strategic location of its conservation.

Evidence of corporates involvement is the finding of three skulls on the ground and a dead orangutans on the trees in the area of ​​PT Sarana Titian Permata 2 (STP 2), a company under the Wilmar Group. Orangutan which died on the tree allegedly shot by foreman of PT STP 2.

Other evidence, COP evacuate a baby of orangutans that are kept by Bangkal villagers. The sustainer said that the mother of baby orangutans are killed during land clearing of PT Rimba Harapan Sakti (RHS).

Campaigner of COP, Hardi Baktiantoro, said the data collected by COP showed that the evidence of orangutan massacre case is abundance. Currently, one of the constraints follow up cases of the slaughter of orangutans is the lack of evidence and witnesses.