Buffalo holders seek owner’s restitution
Jarai ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district are demanding compensation from a villager they claim illegally cleared a sizeable portion of their community forest this year.
The villagers seized two carts transporting rosewood – and the four buffaloes pulling them – out of the forest on Monday and are holding the load hostage until the logger agrees to pay a $1,300 fine. …
Provincial authorities have recognised the 481-hectare Jarai forest as belonging to the community since 2010, though villagers since then have been engaged in numerous land disputes. …
Phak Seangly
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