Disgruntled Solomon Islands forest owners have reportedly set fire to logging machines owned by a foreign logging company.
Logging equipment being burnt on Vanikoro, 2016. Photo: Facebook
Forest owners of South Choiseul reportedly burnt machines belonging to Treasury Timber Limited on Friday.
The forest owners were angry because the company had failed to pay them after its three shipments of round logs since starting operations in 2015.
The Island Sun reports Choiseul Provincial Police have arrested a man suspected of being behind the burning.
The forest owners have filed two cases at the country's High Court in Honiara against Treasury Timber Limited, but they are still waiting for a response.
