House wants court on sand smuggling

House wants court on sand smuggling

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives' team on sand smuggling
urged the government on Saturday to take measures to stop sand
smuggling by establishing an ad hoc court to try sand smugglers.

The team also promised to draft a bill on the exploitation of
sea sand.

Afni Achmad, the team chairman, said that the establishment of
an ad hoc court was necessary to expedite the legal process
against sand smugglers.

He complained about the slow legal processing of those
responsible for the 13 foreign ships detained by the Indonesian
navy for sand smuggling.

If no legal proceedings were taken, he said, the owners of the
ships would possibly resort to bribery to have the ships
released. -- Antara