JAKARTA: Indonesia stripped more than two dozen permits from forestry, mining and hydroelectric companies in Sumatra on Tuesday (Jan 20), a government minister said, just weeks after deadly floods devastated parts of the island . Environmentalists, experts and the government said deforestation played a role in last year's disaster that killed more than 1,000 people across three provinces on the island, according to a National Disaster Mitigation Agency tally. A task force audited companies in