RM1.3mil in illegal logs seized, loggers escape raid


Seized stacks: Some of the illegally felled logs recovered by authorities in Lawas, Sarawak.

KUCHING: Authorities have seized illegal logs worth more than one million ringgit in Lawas in the latest raid under a statewide anti-logging and anti-graft operation.

In the 10.30am raid yesterday at Sungai Lumut, General Operations Force intelligence personnel and three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers seized 1,065 illegally felled logs of various species and sizes, state GOF deputy commander ACP Zahari Ahmad said.

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