23 June 2007By Or Phearith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Villagers form Chhneng village, Sre Khtum commune, Keo Seima district, Mondulkiri province, said that Vietnamese people have crossed the border into Cambodia for small tree logging activities and transporting the logs back to Vietnam by motorcycles.
Chhneng villagers said the Vietnamese arrive in small groups through the border gate, each group comprising 2 to 3 members and up to 5 members, they came to Cambodia by motorcycles, and they bring along chainsaws to cut down trees in area 33 located in Chhneng commune. The Vietnamese people claim that they log the trees to harvest the tree center core exclusively.
Chhneng villagers said: “The Vietnamese came in to log the trees because (the Cambodian officials) take their (bribe) money, that’s why they come in large number, it’s a mess there. They only log the valuable (Ko-koh) trees to take back to their country. When they cut down the trees, they cut out the tree core which is the most valuable part, and they cut it into 3 wood logs measuring each 1-meter long. They transport the wood logs back by motorcycles, each motorcycle carrying 2 to 3 wood logs.”
A Cambodian villager who is involved in professional logging, said that when he went to the forest, he encountered groups of Vietnamese loggers, and he asked them to see their permits for wood logging: “In Chhneng, also called (area) 33, when I saw them logging trees, I asked them (for their permits), they said that they made payments at the border. They came in to log the trees, and they use motorcycles to transport back wood logs measuring between 1.2-meter to 1.5-meter long, depending on the ability of the motorcycle drivers. When I asked them, they said that they paid the fees at the border, and they even showed documents to me. They came in numerous groups, sometimes they go to one location, and then to another location the next time around”
The deputy forestry chief of Mondulkiri province said that area 33 in Chhneng village falls under the control of the environment department of Snuol, Kratie province.
Nop Chanthy, the director of the environment department of Kratie province, confirmed that the control of region 33 is planned to be transferred to Mondulkiri province, but that right now, the situation is still unclear. However, he said that based on the (illegal) logging report, the local authorities in Mondulkiri should arrest (the illegal Vietnamese loggers).
Sin Vannavuth, the Keo Seima district governor, said that the border gate allows free passage for people from both sides of the border, but some bad people are crossing over to Cambodia to conduct illegal activities.
Sin Vannavuth said: “In the past, we arrested Vietnamese people and we educated them, we even called the Vietnamese authority to come over to educate them and fine them and then we send them back across the border gate (to Vietnam). These (illegal logging) cases did actually take place, and we made the arrest, but now, they are taking advantage of this opportunity. We will not let it happen, there was nobody who authorize them (to conduct illegal logging).”
The arrival of groups of Vietnamese loggers cause a lot of concerns among the Chhneng villagers who are afraid that valuable woods in Cambodia will be logged and taken to Vietnam, and forcing the Cambodian villagers to buy back from Vietnam finished furniture built with lower quality woods, and at a higher price.
Chhneng villagers said the Vietnamese arrive in small groups through the border gate, each group comprising 2 to 3 members and up to 5 members, they came to Cambodia by motorcycles, and they bring along chainsaws to cut down trees in area 33 located in Chhneng commune. The Vietnamese people claim that they log the trees to harvest the tree center core exclusively.
Chhneng villagers said: “The Vietnamese came in to log the trees because (the Cambodian officials) take their (bribe) money, that’s why they come in large number, it’s a mess there. They only log the valuable (Ko-koh) trees to take back to their country. When they cut down the trees, they cut out the tree core which is the most valuable part, and they cut it into 3 wood logs measuring each 1-meter long. They transport the wood logs back by motorcycles, each motorcycle carrying 2 to 3 wood logs.”
A Cambodian villager who is involved in professional logging, said that when he went to the forest, he encountered groups of Vietnamese loggers, and he asked them to see their permits for wood logging: “In Chhneng, also called (area) 33, when I saw them logging trees, I asked them (for their permits), they said that they made payments at the border. They came in to log the trees, and they use motorcycles to transport back wood logs measuring between 1.2-meter to 1.5-meter long, depending on the ability of the motorcycle drivers. When I asked them, they said that they paid the fees at the border, and they even showed documents to me. They came in numerous groups, sometimes they go to one location, and then to another location the next time around”
The deputy forestry chief of Mondulkiri province said that area 33 in Chhneng village falls under the control of the environment department of Snuol, Kratie province.
Nop Chanthy, the director of the environment department of Kratie province, confirmed that the control of region 33 is planned to be transferred to Mondulkiri province, but that right now, the situation is still unclear. However, he said that based on the (illegal) logging report, the local authorities in Mondulkiri should arrest (the illegal Vietnamese loggers).
Sin Vannavuth, the Keo Seima district governor, said that the border gate allows free passage for people from both sides of the border, but some bad people are crossing over to Cambodia to conduct illegal activities.
Sin Vannavuth said: “In the past, we arrested Vietnamese people and we educated them, we even called the Vietnamese authority to come over to educate them and fine them and then we send them back across the border gate (to Vietnam). These (illegal logging) cases did actually take place, and we made the arrest, but now, they are taking advantage of this opportunity. We will not let it happen, there was nobody who authorize them (to conduct illegal logging).”
The arrival of groups of Vietnamese loggers cause a lot of concerns among the Chhneng villagers who are afraid that valuable woods in Cambodia will be logged and taken to Vietnam, and forcing the Cambodian villagers to buy back from Vietnam finished furniture built with lower quality woods, and at a higher price.
15 comments:
Can Cambodians do the same to the Vietnameses by crossing the border and destroyed their trees in revenge instead of whinning and complaining.
Do something to make your country proud of you...
FUCK YOU! FUCKING VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PIRATES! STAY OUT OF CAMBODIA! YOUR MOTHERFUCKERS STEALS EVERYTHING FROM CAMBODIA. GO BACK TO PIRATSVIETNAM AND FUCK YOUR OWN MOTHERS!
For your information, most of the illegal logging in Cambodia is done by Cambodian nationals, or with their complicity.
When the vietnamese cut the trees in Virachey National Park, it was with the complicity of the RCAF, the Cambodian border Police and Cambodian staff from Ministry of Environment.
Cambodians should be united to protect their forests against foreign loggers but also Cambodian loggers. Blaming vietnamese is easy, arresting corrupt Cambodian officials who allow them to cut trees in Cambodia would be more efficient to stop illegal logging...
I think the khmer police should arrest them on the spot for entering Cambodia, it doesn't matter if they have the logging permit. The action is hand cuffing them, take them back to the border and find out who allow them to enter Cambodia, do they have passports, visa, etc. This shows how weak the damn gov't is, dare to do nothing. Imagine khmer set foot in Youn's land and start cutting trees, they probably get shot. I'm so sick of the khmer gov't for being so weak.
They should have a policy, all logging activities should be known to the governor or police, if they don't know about it during the time of logging they should arrest them on the spot and take action. As in this case the weak authority doesn't know what action to take, even after he is told that the people at the border allow the youn to log after paying the bribe. Can you see how not well informed the authority is? Now the youn go back and laugh about it, how dumb we are.
Khmer leaders are not weak, but they're so stupid. They don't have any moral to lead the country. They only dare to do bad thing to their own people, but not to the foreigner. They don't care the Viet and Hanoi do whatever to Khmer people and their land. They care about their families and their power. They served their master. We need to kill these crook people from governing Cambodia. The more we let them rule, the more disaster Cambodia will be. they destroy everything.
Dumb khmer including the Kings, CPP, Smart Vietnamese.
You know what? Comes to think it, when the youns go to the border with logs, the border patrols are in charge, so I guess we should blame them and punish them for allow this to happen.
Fuck You Ah Hun for letting Ah Yuons to destroy everything in Cambodia. Go To Hell Ah Sen Hun Kwak!!!
There will be another civil war, this time most of the corrupted khmer officials will die, including Hok Lundy, his men, and many other high ranking official who sells land to youn and support them. I hate to say it, I want khmer rough to come back and fight the youns.
Why don't we cut their balls off and send them back to border or make "kuey teo". Have ah Hun Sen eat it.
I used to think that AH HUN SEN is very smart but this motherfucker is only smart for his master the Vietcong!
These days the only people listen to him are the corrupted donor countries with special economic interest in Cambodia!
The future is not good for Cambodia!
Maing SamPhy: Please vote Hun Sen for 2008.
This is an illegal activities by the Vietnamese, they should be shot dead on the spot..no question ask.
If Khmer people cross over to do the same thing in Vietname they would have done the same.
If everyone committing illegal activities in Cambodia should be shot dead on the spot, there wouldn't be many Cambodian people remaining...
This kind of ruling is actually described best by 'murderous dictatorship', and is not without reminding the Khmer Rouge way of governing Cambodia...
'Not asking question' is not the wisest way of acting, as it can generate the murdering of innocents. Ask questions, seek the truth, search the reasons and the persons behind the crime. This is the essence of real justice...
youns (vietnamese) are the China's
ethnic people, so youns culture and
their old characteristic letters are the
same as those of Chinese
No wonder that the tradition of this Chinese
ethnic people(youns called by chinese and Asians) is that :
- vietnamese men in in any country, most
of them are thievs or robbers
- and vietnamese women in in any country,
most of them are prostitutes
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