Ratanakkiri cop in bed with loggers, villagers say

9 September 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Community forest / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Protected areas / Protected forest
Adhoc / Den Odorn / Lbang Pir commune / Lumphat district / Ministry of Interior

Rights group Adhoc will take a complaint filed against a commune police officer accused of colluding with illegal loggers in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district to the provincial court today.

The complaint, which villagers in Lbaing II commune filed with Adhoc on Friday, alleges that commune police officer Phien Det assisted loggers in clearing rosewood and lower-grade luxury wood from a 193-hectare area of protected community forest, said community representative Kanhseu Bory, one of six who filed the complaint. …

 Phak Seangly
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