Jambi police battle illegal loggers

Jambi police battle illegal loggers

JAMBI, Jambi: Jambi provincial police has vowed to intensify a
crackdown against illegal loggers. Speaking to The Jakarta Post
on Saturday, chief of Jambi provincial police Brig. Gen. Soewadji
said the police were currently focusing their fight against
illegal logging in five regencies, namely Tebo, Batanghari,
Merangin, Kerinci and Muarojambi, where four national parks are
located.

"The crackdown is being intensified after I signed a working
contract put forward to me by the National Police chief," said
Soewadji.

The working contract was not only put forward to Soewadji but
also to dozens of other provincial police chiefs nationwide.

In the contracts, the provincial police chiefs were ordered to
step up their law enforcement duties against illegal loggers as
well as gamblers and other criminals, and if they failed, it
would mean dismissal from their post. The contracts were put
forward to the provincial police chiefs after Gen. Sutanto took
the reigns of the National Police last week. -- JP