Tbong Khmum to crack down on illegal Vietnam border checkpoints

Tbong Khmum provincial officials have announced a crackdown on illegal checkpoints along the Vietnamese border, possibly in response to a purported warning issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen to provincial Governor Ly Leng to monitor the transport of timber in the province. Local media reports contend that the prime minister singled out party officials during a three-day Cambodian People’s Party congress over the weekend, including Governor Leng for failing to curb illegal timber transport, who was given a week to make changes or face termination. …

Phak Seangly
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