But of course it was not because they committed a crime. e indigenous law is the honor for guests to plant rubber trees on KTM PPB’s rubber nursery. e names of the journalist and the photographer were immortalized on the labels of the rubber seedlings.
I also asked those journalists to provide a quick training to the kampung youth, especially about simple writing techniques and ways to document sacred locations, culture as well as the history of their kampung that has nearly vanished.
“We want to create a book about Kampung Loncek,” I asked.
Days after that, Media Indonesia published two full pages in their Fokus Nusantara column, a story of KTM PPB movement under the title Titik Balik Para Perambah (A Turning Point for Forest Foragers). Meanwhile, the Jakarta Post published a story with the title Rubber Cultivated to Protect Family Lands. Imagine how happy I was!
“Woiiii, diri’ ada tama’ koran!” (Hey, we’re in the newspaper!)