Mondolkiri RCAF general denies possession of luxury wood

11 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Law and judiciary / Logging and timber
Brigadier General Chhit Meng Sreng / Eng Bunheang / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Sre Khtum commune

A brigadier general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) whose home and rubber plantation in Mondolkiri province were raided by police over the weekend said Monday that he was not responsible for the dozens of pieces of illegal luxury wood confiscated during two separate searches of his property. … Provincial police chief Nhem Vanny said that seven pieces of luxury wood were recovered on Saturday from the house and two more from Brig. Gen. Meng Sreng’s car, while 48 more pieces were seized during a subsequent search on Sunday involving more than 50 police and military police. No arrests were made. Brig. Gen. Meng Sreng on Monday contested the claim made by police that they found luxury wood inside his car, and said that the 48 pieces of luxury wood seized on Sunday were not found on his 10-hectare plantation. …

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