Region
June 5, 2001
PEKANBARU
No `Walk in the Park'
It is quite understandable that in Indonesia today many forests are barren and lifeless. How could it be otherwise, with thieves and buyers of illegal forest timber becoming increasingly greedy and brazen. This is what is happening in Pekanbaru. Just last Monday, the spokesman of Riau Regional Police announced that police had discovered 1,777 blocks of stolen timber—about 2,665 cubic meters—piled up