Timber lost in cross-border theft

Timber lost in cross-border theft

TARAKAN, East Kalimantan: Indonesian military personnel
recently confiscated 75 pieces of heavy equipment owned by timber
thieves operating near the border of East Kalimantan province and
Sabah, Malaysia.

Antara reported that chief of the Tarakan military command, Lt
Col Endro Warsito, said Friday that the heavy equipment included
tractors, bulldozers, pickup trucks and cars. The area was prone
to timber theft, he said. The report did not mention details of
the thefts. "We have received information that the actors behind
timber thefts in East Kalimantan are now in Malaysia," he said.