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Mega calls for cooperation in combating illegal logging.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| March 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Jakarta Post)

President Megawati Soekarnoputri has said that eradicating rampant illegal logging simply requires the strong will of law enforcers and other related state officials.

"If state apparatus are willing to work together to combat illegal logging, the crime will actually be easier to cope with. Unfortunately they're easily lured by money," Megawati said on Saturday upon her inauguration of the Indragiri bridge in Tembilahan, Riau.

Reiterating the government's consistency in the drive, Megawati said illegal logging should be easily detectable as logs were physically larger than human beings.

However, she added, illegal …

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