The Timber King Escapes-Again

The Medan District Court acquits Adelin Lis of all charges. From the very start, irregularities could be seen in this case.

November 13, 2007

DEPUTY Chief Police Commissioner Kumpul could only gasp. For almost two and a half hours, together with four of his subordinates, he had been searching through the house at Jalan Hang Jebat No. 6, Medan, North Sumatra. They could not find who they were looking for. This two-story house belongs to the “Sumatran Timber King,” Adelin Lis, who had vanished. In this huge house, Kumpul only found one old man and woman. “I don’t know where he is

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