A Secret Raid Derailed

A police operation in Tanjung Puting failed to arrest those responsible for illegal logging there. A firmer law is needed.

February 25, 2003

The secret operation was meticulously prepared. Codenamed Wanalaga I, the operation was directed by a one-star Police General from National Police HQ—normally such operations are headed by a general commissioner—who was assisted by four officers holding the ranks of police commissioners, and supported by close to 100 members of the elite Mobile Brigade Unit and a military troop from Palangkaraya. Two helicopters and three patrol ves

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