Illegal wood found near military police base

30 January 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Land / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Environment / Protected forest / Provincial and local governments
Kong Srun / Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary / Ministry of Environment

Environment Ministry officials on Thursday found a cache of more than 400 pieces of illegally logged first-grade wood in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, which the ministry oversees, and suspect officers from a nearby military police base of being involved. Thin Ngoal, the sanctuary’s deputy director, said the officials found the 418 pieces of Sokrom wood inside the protected area about a kilometer from the local security office of the provincial military police, which is also located inside the sanctuary. … Lumphat district governor Kong Srun said his office regularly receives reports of illegal logging inside the sanctuary—and of trucks hauling it away under the cover of darkness—but rarely sees the sanctuary’s overseers take action. …

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