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| A photo taken yesterday shows swathes of the Prey Lang forest that have been cleared. Photo by May Titthara |
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Phnom Penh Post
Kampong Thom province - Police and soldiers have been deployed to Prey Lang forest to monitor the activities of about 500 villagers patrolling for illegal loggers, a police official said yesterday.
The police and military officers gathered along a road leading to the CRCK rubber company, which has been granted an economic land concession in the forest, in anticipation of a roadblock the villagers have threatened.
The authorities’ presence, however, was premature – the villagers spent yesterday patrolling on motorbikes in five separate groups, unable to contact each other because there was no mobile phone coverge in the area.
Svay Phoeun, a village representative from Preah Vihear, said villagers will meet at a designated location today in preparation for their roadblock, which they plan to continue into tomorrow.
“We could not meet each other today because we could not contact each other, so we plan to meet each other in Beung village, where we will block the road and ask the authority to find a resolution for us,” he said.
Soem Sean, a villager representative from Kampong Thom, said the villages from four provinces – Kratie, Stoeung Treng, Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear – had been patrolling for illegal loggers and timber ready to be transported from the forest.
“We still follow our plans, because we want to protect the trees.”
Police, military police and soldiers had been deployed along the road where they planned to protest, he said.
Nhem Dong, deputy police chief of Sandan district, said officers had been posted to monitor the villagers’ activities.
“We got orders from a high-level office not to do anything to these villagers, just monitor their activity,” he said.
Ouch Sam On, deputy governor of Kampong Thom province, said he was concerned by reports villagers had burned wood in three separate places.
“I think their action is illegal,” he said. “If they have evidence, they should bring it to us so we can file a complaint to the court.”
------------------To contact the reporter on this story: May Titthara at may.titthara@phnompenhpost.com
6 comments:
Hahaha. Police to monitor the villagers, meaning CPP Police will be using AK47 to monitor the villagers!
But its okay, because UN doesnt care but they will just keep sending more money to CPP Police to be better trained!
Dumb Yuon folks who illegally entered and settled in Cambodia have registered as fake Khmer/Cambodian citizens in order to vote for CPP clans/crooks (dumb Yuon) and their Hanoi Yuon dog Hun Sen.
When are all Dumb Yuon going to stop their illegal votes for CPP Yuon crooks and Yuon dog Hun Sen by following their Yuon Hanoi master shitting head and dead Satan Ho Chi Minh?
Dumb Yuon, go back to Vietnam and do something to stop your Hanoi leaders and protest your dumb Yuon Hanoi leaders. Dumb Yuon, stop follow your fool steps of your dumb Satan Ho Chi Minh. Do you get it, Dumb Yuon?
ខ្ទេចអស់ហើយព្រៃឈើខ្មែរ! យើងត្រូវតែកំចាត់ពួកអាក្បត់ ហ៊ុន សែននិងបរិវារអោយបានទើបប្រៃឈើយើងអាចនៅសល់បាន!
I want to donate some walkie talkie to these villagers patrolling the illigal logging. Is there a way I can send the walkie to them?
KI, please post the information where these walkie talkie can be sent to. Thanks
it is good that cambodia look for way to clear some areas of the country for development and agriculture, etc, you know. of course, we must preserve and conserve some areas of our country as well. it's a balance act and have to be careful study. i want to see my country develop and advance in the standard of living, etc, you know. i hate primitive society and primitive way of think, you know. god bless my country cambodia.
i think prey lang is home to the rare khmer kouprey. we should preserve this area as national park, and of course, cambodia should build more roads to this area of cambodia so it doesn't stay isolated from cambodia any longer, you know!
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