Four illegal loggers arrested in Bengkulu

Wed, 07 Jul 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BENGKULU: Police personnel and staffers working with the
Bengkulu Nature Conservation Board (Bengkulu BKSDA) arrested four
illegal loggers on Tuesday for felling trees in the Seblat
Elephant Training Center Reserve in the province.

The head of the Bengkulu BKSDA, Agus Priambudi, said that the
four people were charged with violating forestry legislation by
engaging in illegal logging. They face a maximum sentence of 10
years if convicted.

Agus complained that illegal logging was going ahead almost
unchecked within the reserve, so that 1,000 hectares out of a
total of 6,000 hectares of forest there had been deforested. --
Antara

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