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Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands

by Robin McDOWELLMargie Mason
| November 17, 2020 10:03 PM

SUMATRA, Indonesia (AP) — The 16-year-old girl describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put an ax to her throat and warned her: Do not tell.

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