One Board, Two Sovereign Nations
The weak safeguard system along the Indonesia-Malaysia border has given rise to free timber looting and caused territorial border markers to move deeper into Indonesian land. Multazam and Harry Daya from TEMPO News Room covered several points in the Kalimantan border area. The coverage is completed and rewritten by TEMPO journalist Johan Budi S.P. Below is the report.
August 17, 2004
THE 16-square-meter shabby wooden building had dull-colored, timeworn paint. In its front yard, a lackluster red-and-white flag was flown on a wooden pole. TEMPO arrived at the location around noon three weeks ago. Five people were sitting in a relaxed mood. One was listening to a Malaysian radio broadcast. Another left the building now and again to collect papers from passing truck drivers. This structure beside Pasar Badau in West Kalimanta
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