Govt gets tough on log smugglers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Minister of Forestry M. Prakosa submitted to the
\nAttorney General's Office on Monday the dossiers on a smuggling
\nattempt involving some 25,000 cubic meters of logs, and asked
\nstate prosecutors to seek severe punishments for the
\nperpetrators.<\/p>\n
The ministry's Director General of Forest and Nature
\nConservation, Wahjudi Wardojo, explained that the ministry was
\nexpecting the prosecutors to also seize evidence and the
\ntransport used to smuggle out the logs.<\/p>\n
\"The seizure of the transport will effectively curb the
\nsmuggling that has caused losses to our country,\" he told
\nreporters at his office, referring to Forestry Law No. 41\/1999
\nthat provides sanctions for log thieves and smugglers.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the navy -- in collaboration with the Ministry of
\nForestry -- arrested three foreign vessels carrying a total of
\n25,300 cubic meters of logs.<\/p>\n
The vessels, flying the Singaporean, Chinese and Hong Kong
\nflags respectively, are now under guard off Tanjung Priok
\nseaport.--JP<\/p>",
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