District Governor Questioned Over Clearing Protected Forest

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned a district governor from Kampong Thom province yesterday over his involvement  in clearing protected flooed forest in the province in July. Prim Rottha, Stong district governor, is one of about 20 officials who received court summonses in July over their suspected involvement in clearing vast areas of flooded forest to make way for dry season rice farming, said Khun Nunho, Stong district’s military police commander. … When reached by phone, Mr. Rottha claimed that he was not involved in the clearing. …