Journalists, publisher arrested over alleged timber extortion
Three reporters and a publisher were arrested in two separate cases of attempted extortion in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces on Sunday after stopping vehicles suspected of carrying illegally logged timber, according to local authorities. Mom Mon, 54, and Kim Noeun, 28, reporters for the Sangkum Khmer and Cheat Khmer Rous newspapers respectively, were arrested along with Kim Sovannarith, 41, publisher of Neakareach newspaper, and his wife Tri Chantha, 32, after they allegedly stopped two trucks transporting Thnong timber in Sesan district’s Talat commune on Sunday, Sy Sameath, Stung Treng provincial military criminal police chief, said Monday. …
