In Riau illegal wood exports to Malay Peninsula, which is next over Malacca Straight, is occurring. Even after Malaysian government banned log imports from Indonesia, illegal export of square logs was seen.
In a village illegal exports of wood stopped completely after Malaysia banned imports. The boats are moored all the time.
In an another village exports of square logs were continuing. However, as the villagers do not have logging permits, it is illegal.
We also saw a place where logs bound for Malaysia were being loaded on to boats. These people also do not have logging permits.
They were loading logs which had been only sawed a little