A disabled Cambodian man walks with his family near his home in a de-forested area along the Thai-Cambodia border Thursday, March 3, 2005, near Pailin, Cambodia. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
14/05/2007
Members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party are accusing forestry officials in Sandan town, Kampong Thom province, of illegal logging.
Forestry authorities were using confiscated villagers' saws and other tools to commit the crime, SRP provincial party member Sok Pheng said.
Logging nearly destroyed Cambodia's forest cover in the 1990s. A moratorium has been placed on legal logging, but that has not stopped some groups, usually backed by government officials, from cutting. Kampong Thom, which borders the Tonle Sap lake, is heavily forested.
Forestry officials refuted the charges.
Sok Pheng said that in March forestry administration officials told villagers to surrender their saws to them, which they later used to log "day and night."
"A number of sites marked preserved for forest territory have been destroyed by the officials in charge, who have the governing power over forestry," he said. "I have evidence and photos related to the logging. I have the local villagers as witnesses."
Provincial forestry official Suos Sokun said he had confiscated saws and was storing them, but that he "did not destroy the forest as charged."
Forestry authorities were using confiscated villagers' saws and other tools to commit the crime, SRP provincial party member Sok Pheng said.
Logging nearly destroyed Cambodia's forest cover in the 1990s. A moratorium has been placed on legal logging, but that has not stopped some groups, usually backed by government officials, from cutting. Kampong Thom, which borders the Tonle Sap lake, is heavily forested.
Forestry officials refuted the charges.
Sok Pheng said that in March forestry administration officials told villagers to surrender their saws to them, which they later used to log "day and night."
"A number of sites marked preserved for forest territory have been destroyed by the officials in charge, who have the governing power over forestry," he said. "I have evidence and photos related to the logging. I have the local villagers as witnesses."
Provincial forestry official Suos Sokun said he had confiscated saws and was storing them, but that he "did not destroy the forest as charged."
8 comments:
Excellent! it is good to keep the
border area clear of trees and
bushes. That way, we all can see
who's comming and going.
Thanks to all administration for
this outstanding work to improve
our national security.
AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave is turning Cambodian landscape into Martian landscape and pretty soon the landscape will be populated by the Vietcong alien and let see if AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave is trying to hide himself among these Vietcong alien!!
If 8:31 Am is Cambodian, this person is the most ignorant human being on this planet; but if this person is Vietnamese, poor Cambodia.
WTF, how are you going to tackle
illegal immigrants sneaking into
Cambodia with so much trees and
bushes around, huh?
To 1:09PM Dumb ass motherfucker!
There are night vision camera or infared camera to detect any intruders such as illegal Vietcong!!
Why the fuck AH HUN SEN is not interest in investment military equipments is such a big mystery to all Cambodian people!!!Is it so that the Vietcong can have advantage over Cambodia??
Damn fucker!
If the current government is hurting the people one way or another, why are the people still supporting them. They need to make home made arsenals to bring destruction to the government that causing them pain and sorrow. Stop playing nice. It doesn't work with these animals. Fight fire with fire is the only way. That's why weapons were invented, to shot the animals.
Oh no, you don't, 2:38! We aint
joining no stupid "Weapons for
oil" program. Go find your
custumers elsewhere, will ya?
The fucken oil for weapon must happen one way or another! Cambodia is no spineless country!
Fuck all the Vietcong and the Thaicong!!!Fucken them all!
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