RCAF stripping timber from Oral Wildlife Sanctuary: probe

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Phak Seangly and Jack Davies

 

Military vehicles are hauling wood from a protected area to be burned as fuel in garment factories, investigators from NGO Wildlife Alliance (WA) have found.

 

A WA employee, who asked not to be named as they are not authorised to speak to the press, confirmed yesterday that the revelation comes as the product of “days and nights” spent observing trucks with Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) number plates transporting timber out of the Oral Wildlife Sanctuary to be used as fuel at garment factories.

 

The Post obtained a copy of a letter dated February 2 and signed by Brigadier General Prom Choeun asking Kampong Speu Provincial Court not to interfere with two RCAF trucks tasked with transporting wood from the sanctuary, citing operational requirements. Prom could not be reached.

 

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