TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri), in conjunction with regional officials, to enhance security measures around palm oil plantations throughout Indonesia. This directive stems from his belief that Indonesia’s palm oil commodities are being actively targeted by foreign nations.
“They really need our palm oil. It turns out that palm oil is a strategic material,” Prabowo said during a speech at the National Development Planning Meeting 2025-2029, which was broadcast online via the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube channel on Monday, December 30, 2024.
The President claimed that he…