Naval base offers rewards to fishermen reporting smuggling activity

Pangkalpinang (ANTARA News) - The Bangka Belitung Naval Base Tuesday
offered rewards to fishermen who can provide information to uncover tin
smuggling, illegal fishing and illegal log trading activities.

"We hope local fishermen can provide such information. We cannot fight
the illegal activities alone as Bangka Belitung is mostly made up of
waters so smuggling activity can happen almost anywhere in the
province," Bangka Belitung Naval Base Commander Col M. Zainuddin said
on Wednesday.

But he stopped short of revealing what the rewards would be.

He said he had the impression that local fishermen who had seen or knew
about strange things happening at sea were often afraid to report to
the security agencies. (*) END