SELATPANJANG - Amid the government's efforts to include illegal logging practices, the news coming from the Head Office of Forestry District UPTD High Ridge, Meranti Islands District Wan Mukhtar like lightning in the afternoon. Because, according to this official discourse, found 41 thousand cubic meters of wood piled up in various operational areas of Industrial Plantation Forest (HTI) of PT Sumatra Joy Lestari (SRL) on the island of Stimulation. Strong suspicion timber companies logging conducted under the pretext of planting acacia.Related to these findings, the forest department head UPTD High Ridge at the confirmation Dumai Post, Thursday (10 / 9), following these findings explain, management of tax collection officer contents straight down into the forest management area in HTI PT SRL Stimulation Island a few days ago .
"Once there we were with the findings dkejutkan tens of thousands of cubic pile of logs from various species had just been felled by the company workers,''he said.
Explained further, the log size of three to seven meters are stacked in several places in the area of HTI PT SRL. "After we do the calculation manually, the number of piles of logs was 41 thousand cubic range,''he said.
Over the longer, more Wan Mukhtar, after the company confirmed to the officers in the field of PT SRL following these findings, they are not able to show the document timber management. "So we are drawing officers from forest product tax can not levy taxes logs in piles in various places," he explained.
When asked the nominal value of taxes that should go into government or the state treasury, Wan Mukhtar explained, if the estimated taxes received from timber management and mahang other wood species, region or country in fact is estimated to lose tens of billions of dollars.
Karenan''they do not have the permission of the management of the timber, then the region suffered losses estimated at tens to hundreds of billions of rupiah, "he explained.
Meanwhile Azlaini Agus House of Representatives member from Riau election when the turn to the findings related tanggapaanya tens of thousands of cubic island Stimulation via mobile phone, Thursday (10 / 9), suggested that the confiscated timber related parties that do not have these documents.
"If it was a pile of wood on the island are not equipped Stimulation any documents seized him why not," says this master politician.
Expect to Azlani Regional Head is not easy to be seduced by the lure timber companies in the plantation processing and the like. Because, remember him, above and licensing rekom they provide, many people around the dispute over the company's operations.
"This should be anticipated by the local government, however, lest people become victims," inganya.
Separate place PR PT SRL Afrijon by staff revealed that the timber was owned by PT SRL and had pocketed the document. The company's petition to the Riau Provincial Forestry Office c / q Meranti District Forestry Office about 15 digits.
Still he said, the current staff report pengesah wood production and Officer Certificate sah Pengesah Wood Round (P2SKSKB) still waiting for that process. Therefore, the wood is intentionally not transported by the company because it is still waiting for the document. Timber, he added, is the result of land clearing len for HTI in Stimulation.
