Efforts to Stop Killings of Loggers in Thailand Crawl Forward
Thai and Cambodian foreign affairs officials have pledged to step up their efforts to stem the fatal shooting of Cambodians who illegally cross the border into Thailand to cut down rosewood trees, which fetch thousands of dollars per cubic meter on the black market. At a meeting in Bangkok on Tuesday, a delegation led by Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo met with Jullapong Nonsrichai, Thailand’s vice foreign minister, and both sides agreed on closer collaboration in order to prevent more Cambodians from being shot dead. …
