Police Search Home of Luxury Wood Trader in Kratie

The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday issued a search warrant for the home of Chum Vuthy, a man who allegedly trades in luxury wood, in Kratie City, provincial police said. Mr. Vuthy had been transporting a load of illegal lumber from Stung Treng City to Vietnam and had stopped at his house in O’Russei commune when provincial police surrounded the building, said Puy Rattana, deputy chief of the provincial police’s forestry administration office. …