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An Indonesian police official busted for illegal logging in West Papua has been missing from jail for nearly a year after being granted permission to seek medication treatment, reports the The Jakarta Post. Labora Sitorus was last year found guilty of illegal logging and initially sentenced to two years in prison and a $4,000 fine for his role in a $127 million timber smuggling ring. However outcry over the lenient sentence led prosecutors to appeal to Indonesia’s Supreme Court, which boosted the penalties to 15 years in jail and a $450,000 fine. Read more: news.mongabay/2015/0127-sitorus-case-indonesia.html
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:39:00 +0000

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