Trucker prosecuted for illegal logs

Trucker prosecuted for illegal logs

BENGKULU: Prosecutor R. Radjagukguk has demanded eight months in jail and a fine of Rp 250,000 for Ali, 26, a truck driver who was arrested for transporting illegal timber last October.

The prosecution was unveiled before a panel of judges presided by Andi Budiman. The prosecutor believed Ali violated Law No. 41/1999 on forestry.

It was learnt during the trial that local police stopped Ali on Thursday Oct. 11, 2001, in Seluma, South Bengkulu regency while he was transporting six cubic meters of illegally processed timber aboard his truck.

The police arrested him for his failure to show the necessary documents for the timber. He told police he was carrying the timber from Padang Capong, South Bengkulu to Bengkulu city, where it would be delivered to a sawmill owned by someone identified as "Ded" in Teluk Segara district.

The court has been adjourned until December 10 to hear the judges' verdict.