Village chief ‘threatens’ over logging complaint

3 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Community forest / Crime and law enforcement / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forest classifications / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber
Adhoc / Ba Tang commune / Ba Tang village / Theng Mang / Tumpoun ethnic minority

Villagers in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district have filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc, claiming their village chief has threatened them with arrest over a petition accusing officials of illegally logging a community forest. Sven Vev, 40, said he and three other representatives of the ethnic Tumpoun community in Batang commune’s Batang village tried collecting 150 thumbprints to file a lawsuit against the alleged loggers. …

 Phak Seangly
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