Gov’t releases data on timber baron’s deal

19 September 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Economic land concessions and plantations / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment
Bun Uy / Chheng Kimsun / Council of Ministers / Forestry Administration / Hun Sen / MDS Import-Export Company / MDS Thmodar SEZ Company / Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment / Try Pheap

Tycoon Try Pheap has collected an estimated 1,500 cubic metres of timber from Forestry Administration offices since the government in July issued his companies permission to confiscate “waste wood” from their offices and from the Ministry of Environment, according to preliminary government figures obtained by the Post yesterday.

An unknown amount of wood held at facilities run by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment was given to Pheap’s MDS Import Export Company and MDS Thmodar SEZ Company in a letter from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet on July 24. …

 Daniel Pye
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