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AKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his disappointment at his Cabinet on Monday for failing to update him on current illegal logging activities.

"Unlike in the past, I haven't been updated on anti-illegal logging operations," Yudhoyono said during a Cabinet meeting at his office.

He said that a recent flurry of landslides and floods in some regions in the country were caused by the degradation of forests, and then urged his subordinates to commit to continue anti-logging activities despite a lack of recent media coverage of the issue.

"The police should mobilize more of its personnel. I want reports on the condition of our forests in each province," he said.