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A gigantic "tree-felling" scam has recently been unearthed in Indonesia. The government is furning against some forestry companies which, it claims, have used a e self-assessitrilent system to avoid paying the mandatory fees. This has resulted 3 in largescale fraud in the industry; the companies have used loopholes to cheat the government of US $1.2 million in royalties and US $3.19 million in reforestation fees in the last 6 months.

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