Soldier was ‘trading timber’

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Phak Seangly

A vehicle transporting 18 cubic metres of illegally logged timber was stopped on Saturday night by the Wildlife Alliance’s Wildlife Rapid Response Team (WRRT) in Kampong Speu province and is believed to belong to a military officer currently involved in a prior lawsuit over contraband timber.

According to a police official, who asked to remain anonymous, the timber was taken from the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, which is protected by royal decree, and has since been impounded at the local forest ranger station.

The official said no arrests were made at the time.

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