A Preah Vihear activist, known for organizing forest patrol groups, has been summoned to court for questioning in three weeks, but the court has not specified the nature of the complaint.
A community in Tbeng Meanchey district’s Prame commune said they patrolled the sanctuary’s forest for two nights and three days on August 17-19, and identified 101 forestry crimes.
The Cambodian Youth Network says it was denied permission to patrol the Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province over the weekend with a local community that reported the transport of sawn timber from the protected area.
About 30 villagers wielded axes and machetes as they tore down a forestry patrol shed in Oddar Meanchey province, locals say, sparking accusations of corruption and timber trafficking from a prominent monk’s environmentalist coalition.
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