Thousands More Logs Found on Company’s Land
Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group Adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside a 6,000 hectare economic land concession (ELC) granted in 2007 to the Day Dong Yoeun rubber company, said Chhay Thy, provincial investigator for Adhoc. …