PM urges action against unnamed firms

23 January 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Bassac Dredging Sand / Council of Ministers / Dredging / Kampong Cham / Kandal Province / Kien Svay district / King of Koh Kong / Lim Kean Hor / Lim Yos Sophal Co / MBS Mekong Bay Sand / Mekong Dredging Sand / Mekong river / Minister of Public Works and Transport / Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology / NARA LNT Co / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Autonomous Port / Press and Quick Reaction Unit / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Privay Mining / river banks / Sand / sand dredging / sand-dredging licences / Senator Ly Young Phat / Tatai river / Tonle Bassac river / Veasna Commercial Import & Export / Water Resources and Meteorology Minister / water routes / water ways

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered officials to take action against unnamed companies he said were using the cover of night to illegally dredge sand from the Mekong River. Calling on Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor to lead the crackdown, Hun Sen also said some companies with licences were operating in the wrong areas. “And the other was mobile only at night for illegal sand dredging in the river, and I told HE Lim Kean Hor to search for this company,” he said in a speech to about 15,000 villagers, government officials and foreign dignitaries attending the inauguration of a container terminal at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in the Kien Svay district of Kandal province, about 30 kilometres east of Phnom Penh. …

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