Man charged over land grab of hundreds of hectares of protected forest

20 September 2019
Khmer Times
Protected forest / SDG 15 Life on land
forest crimes / National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention

Battambang provincial court has charged a man who illegally cleared hundreds of hectares of protected forest land for sale as housing lots in Battambang province’s Samlot district since 2015. Long Vuthy, 48, was arrested on September 15 by joint forces from the provincial authority and National Committee for Forest Crime Prevention. Tieng Sambo, court spokesman, yesterday noted that Mr Vuthy was put in pretrial detention. …

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https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50644710/man-charged-over-land-grab-since-2015/

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