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Malaysian palm oil giant counters sexual harassment claims

by Robin McDOWELLMargie Mason
| December 15, 2020 9:27 AM

One of the world’s largest palm oil companies said allegations of sexual harassment on one of its plantations already had been withdrawn and the case closed when it looked into an Associated Press story about abuses suffered by women helping harvest palm oil fruit in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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