Truck full of rosewood seized

16 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Environment and natural resources / Forest policy and administration / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Government / Judiciary and courts / Land / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Logging and timber / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries / Provincial and local governments
Forestry Administration / Keo Sothea / Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organization / NRWPO / Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary / Suwanna Gauntlett / Wildlife Alliance

A provincial military police commander was named yesterday by a major conservationist group as the alleged owner of a huge haul of illegal rosewood confiscated in Kampong Speu province this week.

At around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Wildlife Alliance rangers intercepted a truck carrying 12.5 cubic metres of rosewood in what amounted to its largest bust of the luxury wood so far this year. …

 Phak Seangly and Alice Cuddy
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