Jail time for governor if summons ignored

10 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Judiciary and courts / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest / Social development
Adhoc / Chhay Thy / Forestry Administration / Kong Srun / Ou'Sinlair waterfall / Ou’Sinlair Sanctuary / Phat Phoeun / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Sous Lar

The governor of Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district will face arrest if he fails to appear for a second summons to Ratanakkiri Provincial Court to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the illegal logging of protected land around the Ou’Sinlair waterfall, the court said yesterday. The Ou’Sinlair logging scandal has already seen a district land management chief and a local businessman detained and charged with illegal logging, and yesterday, provincial court director Sous Lar said that Lumphat governor Kong Srun could also find himself locked up if he fails to make his scheduled April 23 appearance for questioning. …

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