Hundreds of logged trees found in protected Pursat forest
An official delegation led by the head of the nation’s illegal logging task force found hundreds of felled trees inside protected forest areas in Pursat province on February 14, officials said. National Military Police chief General Sao Sokha, who heads the task force, and more than 100 national and provincial officials went to inspect the scene, said Eng Hy, the task force spokesman. “We went deep into the forest in Veal Veng district to investigate the forest crime and we saw that hundreds of trees were recently logged,” Brigadier General Hy said. “We also saw people transporting wood with ox-carts from the protected forest…and we stopped them and educated them not to commit the crime again,” he said.
