Official arrested for illegal logging

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 | Source: JP:ASA

DONGGALA, Central Sulawesi: Ibrahim Drakel, a top official in the Donggala forestry agency, has been detained since Saturday by Donggala Police for allegedly issuing logging licenses in contravention of the prevailing national forestry legislation.

Donggala Police chief, Adj. Sr. Comr. Henry Simanjuntak, said that Ibrahim, the head of the Donggala Forestry Agency, had been arrested after issuing a number of licenses permitting logging in a protected forest in the regency.

Besides detaining Ibrahim, the police also arrested those carrying out the logging and confiscated 70 cubic meters of timber as evidence in the case. -- JP

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