Illegal Timber Crackdown Gathers Pace

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Khmer Times/May Titthara

The National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) has sent its report to Prime Minister Hun Sen after inspecting timber companies and timber stocks, with the committee finding more than 70,000 cubic meters of timber owned by those companies was illegal. The NADC has also filed 57 complaints to the courts against businessmen in the timber industry.

NADC spokesman Eng Hy could not give details about the report and could only say the report revealed there was more than 70,000 cubic meters of a variety of illegal wood. “The report has already been compiled from different reports sent from other provinces. We have sent the final report to the government,” he said.

“For the moment, we haven’t heard anything. We are waiting for Samdach’s [Mr. Hun Sen’s] comments on the report,” said the spokesman. He added that the committee had filed complaints against timber companies and the businessmen involved to the courts with prosecutors processing the complaints and already issuing 31 warrants.

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