KUCHING: Sarawak authorities are seeking to amend laws to allow for heavier penalties, including caning, to punish those who fell timber illegally.
State Forestry Department director Sapuan Ahmad said the current penalty for felling timber without a permit to enter coupe (PEC) in a licensed area was RM200 per stump.
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