Forest officials involved in logging, villagers say
Communities living in the protected Snuol wildlife sanctuary in Kratie province said yesterday that the sanctuary was being destroyed by private companies acting in collusion with local wildlife officers.
Snuol forest community representative Mom Sakim said private interests were claiming large areas of the sanctuary without any intervention from authorities, despite Prime Minister Hun Sen’s moratorium on land concessions and promise to title villagers’ land.
“The destruction is due to a conspiracy with Kong Ngim, the director of Snuol wildlife sanctuary, who turns a blind eye to those people and allows them to clear the land,” she said. …
