NRWPO call for probe into alleged land grab in sanctuary

22 August 2019
The Phnom Penh Post
Ministry of Environment / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
land grabbing / Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary

The director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) requested the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday order an investigation into an alleged land grab in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune in Kampong Speu province. NRWPO director Chea Hean said some people, in collusion with local officials and powerful individuals, used machinery to clear hundreds of hectares of land belonging to the wildlife sanctuary. …

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