Tag Archives: Thnong wood

Vietnamese Arrested With Illegal Wood Off Coast

September 20th, 2012, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Environmental change, Forests, International Relations, Land Tenure, News, News Source, Protected Areas, Social Concerns, Timber/Wood, Trade

Four Vietnamese nationals were arrested off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province Tuesday for allegedly smuggling illegally cut wood from the neighboring province of Koh Kong, officials said yesterday.

Sak Sovann, crime unit chief for the Interior Ministry’s maritime border police department, said the four men were arrested aboard their boat off the coast of Stung Hav district with 62 pieces of luxury-grade Thnong wood totaling 7.52 cubic meters. …

Di Sokhom, head of the Forestry Administration cantonment covering the area, confirmed receipt of the case and said his office had detained the suspects. Because the men were Vietnamese citizens, he said, “they were accused of two offenses: crossing the border illegally and wood smuggling.”

Kaing Menghun, P. 17
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Luxury Wood Seized From Military Vehicle

June 7th, 2012, The Cambodia Daily, News, Timber/Wood

Forestry officials on Monday confiscated nearly two-and-a-half cubic meters of luxury grade Thnong wood in Stung Treng province from a military truck emblazoned with the insignia of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Bodyguard Unit, forestry officials said yesterday.

An additional 100 pieces of luxury grade wood were collected from several other sites across the province since Saturday, according to officials. Ev Ekthasavetey, Stung Treng province’s Forestry Administration chief, denied that the truck was a genuine military vehicle belonging to the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit, but confirmed that officials had seized 36 pieces of luxury wood totaling 2.44 cubic meters from a vehicle in Sesan district’s Srekor commune. …

Saing Soenthrith, P. 20
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