Answers demanded on dam site

22 November 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Energy / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / Land / Logging and timber / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Protected forest / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd / China Huaneng Group / Council of Ministers / Hydrolancang International Energy / Kith Meng / Lower Sesan II dam / Ouk Bun Uy / Phay Siphan / Royal Group / Seak Mekong / Sok Vanna / Srae Kor commune

A month after a company owned by tycoon Kith Meng was ordered to suspend logging the reservoir area of the controversial Lower Sesan II dam, the government yesterday threatened legal action against it if its orders aren’t followed.

In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the Council of Ministers demands that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries explain whether the logging ban on Ang & Associates Lawyers, a subsidiary of Meng’s Royal Group, is being implemented.

In the letter, signed by Ouk Bun Uy, secretary of state at the Council of Ministers, dated November 13, the ministry is told that logging began in the area before a number of procedures relating to the dam’s construction were carried out. …

Hydrolancang International Energy, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Huaneng Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal Group almost a year ago for an initial two-year cash injection into the 400-megawatt dam that environmental groups say will devastate riverside communities. …

 May Titthara
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