BINTULU: A total of 54 logs including two from the protected Tapang species were seized by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) during an enforcement operation conducted at Sg. Mekapan, Jelalong, Rasan near here last Sunday.
“Our enforcement team comprising officers from our One-Stop Compliance Centre (OSCC) in Tubau and Bintulu Regional Office was on patrol when they came upon two logs subsequently identified to be of the Tapang species which is protected under the Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998. Further investigation in the area yielded another 52 logs believed to have been felled illegally,” said SFC in a statement yesterday.
The corporation said a police report on the case was made and the logs were handed over to the relevant authority for further investigation and disposal.
