Corporal Croesus

The accumulated transactions in a Sorong policeman's bank account amount to a staggering Rp1.5 trillion. It is thought the money comes from illegal logging, fuel smuggling and other illicit enterprises.

May 21, 2013

The timber building is surrounded by two-meter-high brick walls and a steel fence. It stands two stories high on a plot of at least five hectares that extends to the seashore. It is both a living quarters and a sawmill. When Tempo visited this place in Tampa Garam in Sorong regency, West Papua, on May 9, the grounds were full of hundreds of workers and the sounds of running saws. The owner is First Adj. Insp. Labora Sitorus; he lives here with hi

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