Unidentified criminals have cut down and stolen four prized rosewood trees from a Siem Reap conservation area, according to officials now offering $1,000 as reward for anyone who can identify the perpetrators.

 

The trees came from a 1,888-hectare area in Banteay Srei and Svay Loeu district managed by the Forestry Administration to nurture and protect rosewood, a tree known for its valuable dark-colored timber. Rosewood has been decimated around the country by illegal logging.

 

But after heavy rains over the weekend, patrollers visited the forest on Monday to find four sawn stumps of 50-year-old trees, according to provincial agriculture department director Tea Kimsoth on Friday. There were few clues, Kimsoth said, but he believes experienced loggers had used handsaws, rather than chainsaws, to avoid making noise.

 

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How much should we bet that the authorities know who is responsible?

It's called organized crime and it works perfect when the authorities are part of the organization. 

1000 dollar reward VS wood being logged for ten thousands if not hundred thousands, seems like a plan...