Villagers Accuse Police Chief of Illegal Logging
Villagers in the Prey Lang forest in Kompong Thom province have filed the complaint with the provincial court and the Forestry Administration accusing a commune police chief of involvement in logging high-grade timber, officials and villagers said yesterday. The complaint, thumbprinted by 210 people, alleges that Nuon Bophan, police chief for Sandan district’s Dang Kambit commune, is responsible for the logging of hundreds of trees in Prey Long, according to Kem Chheng, chief of the Kbal O’Takong forest community. “We want the court to prosecute this police officer for committing deforestation, logging high-grade timber for Prey Lang forest,” Mr. Chheng said, adding the complaint was filed to both the court and the Forestry Administration on October 31. …
