Illegal mining op halted in preserve

1 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Environment and natural resources policy and administration / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Extractive Industries / Gold / Government / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Minerals and mineral products / Protected areas / Provincial and local governments
Kim Sokha / Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation / Pailin’s Environment Office

Pailin provincial authorities are searching for a suspect who allegedly commissioned the excavation of a gold mine on land the protection of which is funded by the foundation of American actress Angelina Jolie.

Provincial environmental police are holding three men at a spot where they were found guarding an excavator and 10,000 square metres of land in Boyakha commune on Sunday, said Kim Sokha, director of Pailin’s environment office. …

 Phak Seangly
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