Party supporters sit on hot teak

Party supporters sit on hot teak

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Two truckloads of party
supporters on they way to a soccer field for a campaign were not
aware they were sitting on a load of stolen timber until police
stopped them.

Aburachim Idris, chief of the Southeast Sulawesi forestry
office, said on Tuesday the thieves gave a ride to supporters of
the unnamed party with the hope that police would not notice
anything suspicious in the trucks.

The teakwood was stolen from the state-owned production forest
in Lainea subdistrict and was to be smuggled to Kendari, Antara
reported.