Forest patrollers accuse authorities of collusion

15 March 2017
The Phnom Penh Post
National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) / Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Prey Lang Community Network conservation activists in Kratie province have accused local officials of colluding with illegal timber transporters after authorities allegedly declined to intervene after being tipped off on Sunday to stockpiles of logs thought to have been felled within a wildlife sanctuary.

Ek Sovanna, one of four activists patrolling in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, said they encountered stockpiles amounting to nearly 300 first-grade logs in the Brasat Prey Toek Khmao community forest in Kratie’s Kampong Cham commune. …

 Phak Seangly
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