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/ EoF News

Another former official detained for forestry corruption case

Sumatra, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, Azmun Jaafar, Burhanuddin Husein, corruption, Eyes on the Forest, forestry corruptors, ICW, KPK, logging license, pulpwood, timber companies

Former Riau Forestry Service Head and Ex Kampar District Head, Burhanuddin Husein, was detained by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta yesterday, for accusation of misusuing his authority in issuing logging licenses for pulpwood conversion in Pelalawan District during 2005-2006.

/ EoF Press Release

EIA press release -- Timber smuggling from Indonesia

Sumatra, Lack of governance, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Pulp & paper, corruption, deforestation, EIA, forest crime, illegal logging, money loundering, timber companies, timber smuggling

One of the world’s biggest environmental crimes continues to unfold in Indonesia as efforts by the government to curb massive illegal logging are being severely undermined by a weak and corrupt justice system, environmentalists revealed Wednesday.

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