MALAYSIA: Stronger laws to tackle illegal logging

Updated September 20, 2007 20:24:05

Malaysia's deputy prime minister Najib Razak has promised to beef up the country's laws aimed at curbing illegal logging. Datuk Seri Najib, who also heads Malaysia's National Forestry Commission, says logging firms will now be required to provide proof their timber is legitimate.

Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Krystof Obidzinski, scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research