Villagers hand over seized illegal wood
Villagers in Kompong Thom province’s Sandan district said yesterday that they handed over 77 pieces of luxury wood, which they had seized from illegal loggers, to the Forestry Administration after they were threatened with arrest. Fed up with the perceived lack of government action against illegal loggers in Prey Long forest, about 40 locals took it upon themselves to stop a truck hauling the wood last month and took custody of the illicit haul themselves…
