Sugar smuggling continues via ports

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The smuggling of sugar from foreign counties into Indonesia continued unchecked via seaports in North Sumatra province, fishermen said on Tuesday.

They said smuggled sugar was shipped in motor boats from Klang Port and Pasir harbor in neighboring Malaysia to North Sumatra.

Three weeks ago, customs officials in Belawan near the provincial capital, Medan, seized 50 containers holding thousands of tons of sugar, which were being transported to Java island.

Traders in Medan admitted that some of the sugar circulating in North Sumatra had been imported illegally. --Antara