Residents from Sukena’s village also voiced their support, saying that they believed the porcupines were not rare, and even a potential pest, according to local media. Mrs Rieke Diah Pitaloka, a lawmaker in Indonesia’s ruling party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), also compared Sukena’s arrest to corruption cases,…
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