Auctions of illegal timber to resume, officials say
Top officials on 9 May said the government would be auctioning off some of the 70,000 cubic meters of wood authorities have seized in recent months, backtracking on a recent pledge Hun Sen made to stop the sales. In a surprise move at the Education Ministry’s annual meeting in March, Mr. Hun Sen announced an immediate halt to the sales. He said all seized wood would from now on be put to use building schools, desks and whatever else the ministry needed.
