Kleptocratic élite: Hun Neng (L) and his younger brother Hun Sen (R)In Woods of Hun Sen's Brother, Illegal Logging Continues Unmitigated
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
15 August 2007
A report from a former government forest monitoring group earlier this year has failed to dent the trade of illegal timber, residents of Kampong Cham province say.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, residents said they have stood helplessly and watched as truck after truck laden with high-value trees—illegally cut and harvested—pass them by on National Highway 6A, on their way from the provincial forests to destinations unknown.
The governor who controls Kampong Cham, Hun Neng, brother of the prime minister, could not be reached for comment.
Witnesses say trucks with large timbers loaded onto them, with high-quality trees resting underneath, are covered with blue tarps and sent out of the forest.
The forest monitor Global Witness earlier this year issued a report linking the trade to Prime Minister Hun Sen, his relatives and friends, and a Cambodian "kleptocratic elite."
In the wake of the report, Hun Neng said if he ever saw a Global Witness investigator, he would break his head open, a threat the group quickly denounced.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, residents said they have stood helplessly and watched as truck after truck laden with high-value trees—illegally cut and harvested—pass them by on National Highway 6A, on their way from the provincial forests to destinations unknown.
The governor who controls Kampong Cham, Hun Neng, brother of the prime minister, could not be reached for comment.
Witnesses say trucks with large timbers loaded onto them, with high-quality trees resting underneath, are covered with blue tarps and sent out of the forest.
The forest monitor Global Witness earlier this year issued a report linking the trade to Prime Minister Hun Sen, his relatives and friends, and a Cambodian "kleptocratic elite."
In the wake of the report, Hun Neng said if he ever saw a Global Witness investigator, he would break his head open, a threat the group quickly denounced.
6 comments:
Compare Hun Sen To Great khmer king JAIYA VARAMAN VII ?
It is not close to JAIYA VARAMANN VII 's tiny dirt from his foot,and his REP. smell like the perfume at all the times, but for Hun Sen regime I bet ,it won't last very long. These dictator leader ships treat our PPL and our Country like 1975 to 1979.
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Hun Sen, his brothers, cousins, etc., their days will come.
Look at IRAQ, SADDAM HUSSEIN has all his brothers, uncles and relatives control BAATH Party. When SADDAM fell the all went to hell too. Trust me nothing will last or live to its eternity. HUN SEN and CPP must go! Jayo KHMER!
YES, MY BROTHER KHMER. THE ROOT OF EVIL IS HUN SEN, HIS REGIME, AND VIETCONG CONNECTION MUST GO ! NOTHING LAST FOREVER. WE ALL WILL CELEBRATE ! AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET.... NEVER FORGET.... LET EDUCATE OUR YOUNGER GENERATION... SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW, AND OUR HISTORY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN... PLZ
Unlike Iraq, the U.S. could care less about Cambodia's internal affair. Maybe that will change once they start drilling oil.
I'll bet Hun Neng and his younger brother smashed more than a few heads open during their years with the Khmer Rouge. Then they saw it was their turn next so they turned tail and ran to Vietnam.
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