Police arrest 23 illegal loggers, issue warnings

2 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Logging and timber
Poipet city / Thailand

Police raided a guesthouse in Poipet City on Monday and arrested 23 men as they waited to be paid for illegally logging rosewood across Cambodia’s border with Thailand, police officials said. Um Sophal, Poipet City police chief, said the men were arrested Monday following a tip-off that a gang of illegal loggers had gathered inside Kim Hong Guesthouse to wait for their employer, whom police have not yet identified. … Police detained the 23 to educate them about the dangers of logging luxury wood in Thailand—where Cambodians are routinely shot and killed by Thai soldiers—before releasing them. … According to rights group Adhoc, 33 Cambodians were killed last year while logging in Thailand.

 Ben Sokhean
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