Three more shot dead logging on border

Three Oddar Meanchey province villagers were shot to death on Monday while logging on the Thai-Cambodian border, officials said yesterday, bringing the total number of border killings so far this year to 14 and drawing concern from human rights groups over the continuing bloodshed around the trade in rosewood. Brigadier General Dy Phen, director of the Thai-Cambodia Border Affairs Bureau, said his department had learned of the shootings from its Thai counterpart, which said the men were among a group of 15 shot at by Thai soldiers while logging in Thai territory…