Party supporters sit on hot teak

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Two truckloads of party supporters on they wayto a soccer field for a campaign were not aware they were sitting on a loadof stolen timber until police stopped them.

Aburachim Idris, chief of the Southeast Sulawesi forestry office, said onTuesday the thieves gave a ride to supporters of the unnamed party with thehope that police would not notice anything suspicious in the trucks.

The teakwood was stolen from the state-owned production forest in Lainea subdistrict and was to be smuggled to Kendari, Antara reported.