Illegal Logging

Interviews with loggers revealed that they worked for cukong (well-to-do financiers). One worker said he could prepare 15-30 cubic meters of meranti wood in just a day.

KOMPAS/SYAHNAN RANGKUTI

A hut for illegal loggers in the middle of the Segamai and Serapung Village Forests on the Kampar Peninsula, Riau. The loggers live in the forest to cut wood, then process it. Processed wood is transported through canals, then crossed to Serapung Island in the Malacca Strait.

After reading the Kompas investigation coverage on Thursday and Friday (23-24/6/2022), we are filled with worry on the one hand and anger on the other.