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From Port Klang, Malaysia, cheap sugar flows into Indonesia through ports of entry in Sumatra.

June 22, 2004

SO this is Port Klang! In Malay: Pelabuhan Kelang. Located 60 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur, the place is famous as the busiest container port in the whole of Asia. Go to Sampit or Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan, or to Tanjung Balai in North Sumatra. If you are intimate enough with the local sugar smugglers, you can see for yourself how their eyes light up when they mention Port Klang. My, I hear that over there everything is easy. Cheap

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