Six arrested in Cambodia for trying to log in Thailand

30 November 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber
Forest / illegal logging / Oddar Meanchey / rosewood / shot / Thailand / timber

Six Oddar Meanchey villagers were arrested Monday afternoon while attempting to cross into Thailand to illegally log rosewood in the same area where three loggers were shot and killed by Thai authorities last week, officials said yesterday… In a separate case, two loggers were reported missing since Sunday after being fired at by Thai soldiers… And in yet another case, officials and the families of the three men killed last week said they have been unable to negotiate a return of the bodies with Thai authorities…

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