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Cambodia: ILLEGAL LOGGING BY CAMBODIA's ELITE (1of4) [EN&KH]

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The Green Deal Illegal logging and the stripping of public assets by Cambodia's elite. Well they are only Cambodian in appearances but they are all Yuon who are very opportunist and profiting from the very confused and poor peasants.CAMBODIA'S JUDICIAL AUTHORITIESSHOULD:• Hold accountable those responsible for illegal logging and associated crimes.• Investigate and prosecute all those responsible for the cases of illegal logging, corruption, smuggling, attempted murder and kidnapping detailed in this report.• Prioritise investigation of the following people: Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) Chan Sarun,1 Director General of the Forest Administration (FA) Ty Sokhun,2 Hun Sen Bodyguard Unit commander Lieutenant General Hing Bun Heang,3 Brigade 70 Brigadier General Hak Mao,4 logging syndicate leaders Dy Chouch,5 Seng Keang,6 Khun Thong7 and Seng Kok Heang.A kleptocratic elite is stripping Cambodia's forests:• Cambodia is run by a kleptocratic elite that generates much of its wealth via the seizure of public assets, particularly natural resources. The forest sector provides a particularly vivid illustration of this asset-stripping process at work.• Illegal logging is causing severe damage to Cambodia's remaining forests. The last global forest cover survey by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) found that Cambodia had lost 29% of its primary tropical forest over a five year period.• Cambodia's army, military police, police and Forest Administration (FA) are all heavily involved in illegal logging.• In many cases illegal logging is taking place under the guise of legally dubious plantation developments and harvesting permits. Many of these plantations and permits are being allocated to a small group of individuals who have close relations with senior politicians.• A particular concern is the damage illegal loggers are causing to Prey Long, which is the largest lowland evergreen forest in mainland Southeast Asia. The Cambodian government is currently developing plans to clear tens of thousands of hectares of Prey Long to make way for plantations.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: AhmekKhmer

Length: 07:30
Rating: 5.00
Views: 16246

Tags: Bun  Cambodia  Chouch  Dy  Hun  Khun  Rany  Sen  Thong  

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KhmerSerey1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Turn it into a national park,we'll rake in more money then what the viet will ever pay us for generation to come,when i have kids i like to take my kids to see khmer national parks someday,hun sen is killing it for future generations.
KhmerSerey1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Puaaaaaaaaahahahaaaaa money tree camae62 ? hun sen money doese grow on Khmer trees hahahaaa...personally i rather robbed the vietnamese and spare the Khmer family trees ;)),fck what everyone try to tell me man,i'm defending my family trees ;),those trees are KHMER FAMILY TREES MAN,we don't chop down Khmer family trees for a gook penny.
camae62 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They growth the type of tree, that called: GREEN TREE, which is growing in Hun Sen's bank account.
AhmekKhmer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What kind of tree are they growing back?
trukbroker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He's right. I was there. That timber grows back at an amazing rate. Those people are starving, they have a wonderful work ethic and will to live. Support us in helping them...

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