Lumber Tycoon Denies Allegations of Illegal Deforestation

22 November 2013
VOA Khmer
Agricultural policy and administration / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Forest classifications / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Human rights / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Ministry of Environment / Public land lease / Social development
Cambodian Human Rights Task Force / Cheam Yiep / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Environment

The assistant of a lumber tycoon accused of major deforestation and forced evictions rejected Thursday the findings of a recent report by local rights groups. The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by the company of Try Pheap, and that the company had deforested some 70,000 hectares of land across 11 provinces. … Cheam Yiep, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said he plans to initiate a fact-finding mission over the allegations. “And if it is true, we’ll summon the ministers of Agriculture and of the Environment to come and explain,” he said.

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