Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- The Ministry of Forestry named three suspects involved in illegal poaching in the Komodo National Park area, following a shootout during a joint team's attempt to thwart their poaching.

"This is our commitment to protect the biodiversity in conservation areas. Besides taking firm action against the perpetrators, we continue to uncover the networks involved in this illegal practice, including the distribution of homemade weapons and ammunition used in poaching," the ministry's Director General of Law Enforcement, Dwi Januanto Nugroho, said in a statement on Friday.

The joint team thwarted an attempt by a group of poachers suspected of poaching protected wildlife, particularly deer, in the Komodo National Park area.

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