One Killed and One Injured While Logging Across Borders

26 March 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
Border / Dangkrek mountains / Governor Van Kosal / illegal logging / Loas / Oddar Meanchey Province / Sisaket province / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / Trapaing Prasat District / Van Kosal

One man was killed and one injured in two separate shooting incidents that took place last week at the borders with Thailand and Laos, officials said yesterday. In both cases, the Cambodians are believed to have been shot while illegally logging highly coveted luxury rosewood in the border forests. On Wednesday, Hin Vuthy, 21, was shot inside Thailand’s Sisaket province after having crossed the border from Oddar Meanchey while logging inside the Dangkrek mountains, Van Kosal, Trapaing Prasat district governor said. … In a separate incident, a logger was shot at and injured in his leg and stomach by a Lao soldier on Friday night after crossing the border from Stung Treng province, officials confirmed yesterday. …