So Long, Suckers...
Two illegal sand dredgers have been released, with the fines imposed on them dramatically discounted. They had to pay only Rp6 billion of the Rp60 billion they owed.
December 10, 2002
Two ships, TB Olivia and TB Jasmine, sailed nonchalantly out of Riau waters on November 25, with Singapore their destination. They were not carrying homebound passengers intent on celebrating the end of the Islamic fasting month, Idul Fitri, or Christmas among their relatives in their native places. Instead, they were part of seven dredgers that had been unobtrusively released after having been detained since July by the Indonesian Navy, whi
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