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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Four members of a Borneo tribe are accused of torching a logging camp in a region home to one of the world's oldest rain forests, officials said Friday.
The arrests illustrate frustrations among native communities in Malaysia's Sarawak state over what environmentalists describe as increasing threats posed by the timber and palm oil industries.
On Tuesday, police detained four Iban tribe members who are suspected of torching camps belonging to local timber firm Kotasar on April 12, said Nicholas Mujah, secretary general of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association.
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