Timber smuggling uncovered

Timber smuggling uncovered

SURABAYA: The authorities are investigating a report that a
company smuggled 6,000 cubic meters of timber out of
Tanjungperak port here and sent it to Singapore.

Spokesman for the state-owned forestry company, Perhutani,
Marsanto said that the smugglers had forged documents to get the
timber out of storage.

He identified the smuggler as PT RKM, which he suspects
collaborated with Perhutani officials to obtain the export
documents. He declined to give the value of the timber.

Marsanto said that PT RKM was assigned by Perhutani to send
the timber to an address in Riau.

The authorities moved to investigate the case after the Riau
company complained it had not received its order as scheduled.
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