Two Tycoons Sued on Illegal Logging Allegations

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Khmer Times/Aisha Down

Villagers are suing Oknas Kna and Knha, also known as Lim Bonna and Buth Buneng, for allegedly destroying forests and burning land on some 3,210 hectares belonging to Russei Keo commune in southwestern Kratie. The complaint, signed and fingerprinted by 34 villagers of the commune, was filed to the court on January 18, just after the government’s illegal logging crackdown began. Now, over a month later, five women and one man are being summoned to Kratie Provincial Court for questioning.

“The court hasn’t ever done a case like this,” Adhoc’s Pen Bonnar told Khmer Times. “They’ve left every other complaint we’ve brought. But this one, they’re going to have to do.” Mr. Bonnar, as a private citizen, also added his name to the suit.

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