Palm Oil Protesters Beaten In Indonesia, Greenpeace Says (SLIDESHOW)

According to AFP, Greenpeace is claiming that some of its activists in Indonesia were beaten as police broke up a protest this week:

Greenpeace activists and security guards clashed outside the headquarters of Indonesia's biggest logging and palm oil company, the Sinar Mas Group, in Jakarta on Thursday, environmentalists said.

Activists said they were punched and kicked by Sinar Mas guards and police as they tried to peacefully demonstrate against the company's logging practices.

"The excessive violence today by Sinar Mas security is testament to the way this company does business," Greenpeace Southeast Asia Forest campaigner Bustar Maitar said in a statement.

Here are some images from the day:

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Comments

[avraamjack]

Whenever you buy a product, read the label. If it says Palm Oil, put it back.

Thank God we have Greenpeace and like minded organizations.
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[crazylikeafox]

You can't educate Ditto heads. They are unable to think. They need the Almightly Rush Limbaugh to tell them to love the corporations that are destroying the earth and their own wages.

[MNinWI]

Trolls you need a new hobby. Try reading, for instance. I mean other than the email tripe you guys like to pass back & forth to each other. Would you have any idea where to start? Go to a library & tell the nice lady there you are an egghead republican who needs a touch of humanity and a conscience and they will help direct you to the right books. Good luck!

[howcome]

The section on teaching tolerance to any who disagree ,,,

[exdubyafan]

Greenpeaceniks many times take the law into their own hands. When its on them, they cry like babies. Trespassings, harassments, destruction of private properties, personal attacks... peace?

[BlackWidowPilot]

You mean they do violence like Union Carbide? You mean GreenPeace kills people slowly in the thousands by slow poison by dumping toxins and carcinogens into the environment, then hides behind corporate laws written by politicians bought by corporate lobbyists solely to ensure runaway corporate profit margins without that annoying accountability thing?

Peace indeed.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[Spiritof1982]

"they... interfere with business..­."

HEAVENS! The flow of dollars might stop for a bit?! In the name of environmental protection?!! Those enviro wackos just might protect the environment all around the world!!

[John Res]

"Western Ideals"?? Trying to get the behavior of irresponsible humans in line with the current problems with the planet is hardly a western ideal. I agree that the system in which Greenpeace operates could be less intrusive, but to knock for it is just retarded.

And ffor your information, palm is very destructive to our planet. Not only do they take up millions or hectares/a­cres... they are replacing the needed and important wildlife that is currently disappearing with attitude like yours.

But then again, you've spoken like any western- self interest motivated business man. shameful

[Isaac Hale]

Gross. Keep up the good fight Greenpeace!

[Guitar63]

Aduh!

No country seems to put the environment first. Mengapa membuat itu?

[chronic]

Wow look at that mean monsterous face on that officer. He sure takes this personnal. sick sick sick.

[deepfreezevideo]

Wow, a five foot tall badass with a badge.

[clementukes]

If i had a mole like that on my face, i'd be taking it out on pansy greenpeacers all day.

[RealPlumber]

And a pansya$$ bead bracelet.

[howcome]

Hope Greenpeace claims are correct

[poomplet]

ME TOO....

I hope those annoying aholes get whupped but good!

"Peaceful protest" my arse...the­y tresspass, interfere with business & annoy the hell out of everyone they run into. They process palm trees into palm oil for chrissakes­...palm trees are like bamboo, fast growing & utterly renewable, so what the hell could they be protesting?

And...gee.­..getting roughed up by 3rd world police for being agitators.­..who could EVER forsee something like that? Maybe NORMAL should stage a smoke-in in Saudi Arabia.

Shoving liberal, western ideals down the throats of developing nations...­always a recipe for success!!

[alpinist]

Hey, Einstein: palm oil plantations are the primary reason the forests in Indonesia are being destroyed. The destruction of habitat (ie: the forests) is the number one reason orangutans are close to extinction. This is not a case of western liberals pushing their ideas down the throat of the third world, it's common sense. Try to care about something else beside yourself.

[howcome]

couldn't have said it better,,,, I would only add that they probably weren't so peaceful but were probably breaking laws and not listening to the local peace officers

[Ajita]

AS ignorant as ignorant gets. It may help to do some research into deforestation and ecosystem loss due to palm oil production.

As for "Shoving liberal, western ideals down the throats of developing nations", the East has a much older tradition of respect for the environment than any modern Western nation. It is the extremist ideology of putting short-sighted business interests ahead of long-term environmental management that is mostly a Western idea.

[BlackWidowPilot]

God forbid we interfere with de facto fascism such as rules the roost in Indonesia.

Corporatism uber alles.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[RealPlumber]

I see the pictures, I hear their message, sounds to me like they accomplished their goals. So what have YOU done for better conditions in the world today?