Kratie wood trucked to Vietnam nightly: NGO

A Vietnamese company has been transporting thousands of dollars’ worth of illegally logged luxury timber from Kratie’s Snuol district to Vietnam on a nightly basis under the nose of authorities, an environmental protection NGO said yesterday.

At least 10 trucks with an estimated five cubic metres of luxury wood per truck, valued at approximately $22,500, have travelled from Snuol district to the Vietnamese border every night over the last few months, Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resources and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO), said. …

Phak Seangly
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