Police help illegal loggers

Police help illegal loggers

JAKARTA: The National Police headquarters have stated that two
Papua police officers, who have been detained for their alleged
role in illegal logging in the province, forged documents to
assist the financial backers of the illegal activity.

National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Aryanto Boedihardjo told
reporters on Tuesday that Comr. Hariyanto had forged forest
report documents that were usually issued by the provincial
office of the Ministry of Forestry.

Aryanto added that Adj. Comr. Sumadi also forged travel
waybills to make it easier to transport illegally obtained timber
from one place to another, or to smuggle the timber out of the
country.

Apart from the two officers, four other middle-ranking
officers are still under investigation for allegedly taking
bribes. However, they have not yet been named suspects. -- JP