CM: Requirements part of measures to check illegal logging in Sarawak


Armed for the job: Forestry enforcement personnel showing their newly issued firearms to Adenan (left) and State Secretary Tan Sri Morshidi Abdul Ghani (second left).

KUCHING: Sawmills must submit monthly reports detailing their purchase of timber right up to the point of export as part of Sarawak’s enhanced measures to stamp out illegal logging and timber smuggling.

Announcing the tougher requirements, Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem warned that sawmills must not accept timber from illegal sources or risk losing their licences.

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