Illegal
loggers get traditional punishment
Three
residents caught
felling trees illegally in the Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) in Central Sulawesi have
received customary penalties after being found guilty of infringing on a conservation area within
the national park.
Head of TNLL conservation, Ahmad Yani, did not disclose the identities of the suspects when contacted by The Jakarta Post in Palu recently.
He said only that the three residents faced a customary trial led by the Lepe village elder MS Mentara and five other members of the customary council M. Mbalea, HM Mentara, Y. Tobili, TM Kappi and M. Bago.
“This was the first such trial to occur in Central Sulawesi, in which the suspects were brought for trial before the customary council. They were found guilty and will be punished according to customary sanctions,” said Yani.
The customary council ordered the three residents to each pay Rp 150,000 (US$12.23) to reimburse the cost of the trial, and an additional fine of Rp 500,000.
They are also required to replace the trees that they felled. “They must replant trees at the same location and look after the trees until they are mature,” said Yani.
The sanctions, added Yani, were regarded the most lenient because based on local customary law, the most severe sanction against those who commit improper acts, including disturbing protected forests, was a fine in the form of a buffalo.
Up until now, said Yani, residents involved in illegal logging and forestry product theft in TNLL had been brought before regular courts. However, the forest destruction case in Lepe village was arbitrated through the traditional law, which is more effective because, besides costs, those who are convicted face the burden of being humiliated.
He added that the three Lepe villagers felled the trees for their housing material needs, but they had taken the timber from inside a protected forest.
Yani said that although they had only felled 10 trees they were located inside the national park. Those who committed such offenses would face punishment irrespective of the amount of damage or who they were, he added.
He said he hoped the incident would serve as a deterrent for the men themselves and also other residents not to commit such acts.
Head of TNLL conservation, Ahmad Yani, did not disclose the identities of the suspects when contacted by The Jakarta Post in Palu recently.
He said only that the three residents faced a customary trial led by the Lepe village elder MS Mentara and five other members of the customary council M. Mbalea, HM Mentara, Y. Tobili, TM Kappi and M. Bago.
“This was the first such trial to occur in Central Sulawesi, in which the suspects were brought for trial before the customary council. They were found guilty and will be punished according to customary sanctions,” said Yani.
The customary council ordered the three residents to each pay Rp 150,000 (US$12.23) to reimburse the cost of the trial, and an additional fine of Rp 500,000.
They are also required to replace the trees that they felled. “They must replant trees at the same location and look after the trees until they are mature,” said Yani.
The sanctions, added Yani, were regarded the most lenient because based on local customary law, the most severe sanction against those who commit improper acts, including disturbing protected forests, was a fine in the form of a buffalo.
Up until now, said Yani, residents involved in illegal logging and forestry product theft in TNLL had been brought before regular courts. However, the forest destruction case in Lepe village was arbitrated through the traditional law, which is more effective because, besides costs, those who are convicted face the burden of being humiliated.
He added that the three Lepe villagers felled the trees for their housing material needs, but they had taken the timber from inside a protected forest.
Yani said that although they had only felled 10 trees they were located inside the national park. Those who committed such offenses would face punishment irrespective of the amount of damage or who they were, he added.
He said he hoped the incident would serve as a deterrent for the men themselves and also other residents not to commit such acts.
Analysis
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1.
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. . Ahmad Yani, did not disclose the identities of the suspects when contacted
by The Jakarta Post in Palu recently. . .
The sentence is passive sentence because
there is be followed by verb 3 (contacted) that shows it is passive sentence.
2.
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. . “This was the first such trial to occur in Central Sulawesi, in which the
suspects were brought for trial before the customary council. They were found
guilty and will be punished according to customary sanctions,” said Yani. . .
The sentance is dirrect sentance because
before the sentance there is sign like this ” that shows it is dirrect
sentance.
3.
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. . Yani said that although they had only felled 10 trees they were located
inside the national park. Those who committed such offenses would face punishment irrespective
of the amount of damage or who they were, he added. . .
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