Balancing the risks

One morning in September 2023, my breakfast was interrupted suddenly by news of the arrest of a villager suspected of starting a fire in the nearby forest. A few days later I met the Mendawai chief of police, who told me that the suspect was discovered by a patrol team near a newly burnt area. The officers chased him through a peat swamp, while five other suspects escaped. Later that night, family members of the suspect come to the police station, begging for the case to be resolved out of court. The chief of police explained that there was nothing… Lanjutkan membaca Balancing the risks