LETTERS from Clare Brown | Oil palm has brought poverty, not wealth In his recent ranting letter to Malaysiakini the chief executive of Malaysia’s Palm Oil Council accused me of having a “sinister voice” and a surprising agenda. Based on no evidence at all he called me “a committed Green activist whose end goal is zero development, and therefore, zero poverty reduction and zero improvement of the lives of ordinary rural folk across Malaysia.” Where are his facts? After all, Yusof Basiron and the oil palm industry has ripped up vast tracts of land for industrial oil palm plantation, land that in very many cases was not theirs to rip up, whereas all I do is write about corruption and human rights. Full story: malaysiakini/letters/271102
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:02:14 +0000
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