Infamous Timber Tycoon Arrested
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea Friday, 14 October 2016

A well-known Vietnamese timber trader was arrested yesterday after police claimed she attempted to strong-arm them and retake confiscated wood by force, a senior national military police officer said yesterday.

Colonel Heng Y, a spokesman for the National Military Police, said Heng Samneang, also known as Yeay Proeung, is a businesswoman living in Preah Bath commune in Stung Treng town.

Ms. Samneang was arrested after she brazenly showed up at the provincial forest department in the O-Pong Moan area within Sre Krasaing commune at 4am yesterday with 11 men and two big trucks, demanding that luxury wood confiscated from her be returned.

“She brought two big trucks and 11 workers and surrounded the provincial forestry department office in order to take the seized timber,” Col. Y told Khmer Times yesterday.

“She was arrested by our military police on real offenses after she attempted to take her timber from the provincial forestry administration.”

Col. Y said the 11 men with Ms. Samneang managed to escape, but police were searching for them.
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According to this CD report, the "timber trader" in question has disappeared after her arrest, whereabouts unknown. Amazing, we know who she is, her photo is everywhere, and her trucks are probably still crossing the border... but then again she sounds scary as hell...

National military police spokes­man Eng Hy said on Thursday that those officers had handed Ms. Samneang over to local forestry officials for detention. However, forestry officials said they never saw her...

Ms. Samneang has long been accused of running an illicit timber business. The evidence reached a boiling point last month, when she called a meeting to blast local journalists for tipping off police about her activities in spite of bribing them not to do so.

“I am making a business for a little bit of money and I share it with people,” Ms. Samneang says in a video posted to Facebook. “If they mistreat me, they will die from their car overturning.”

Forestry Administration officials have not explained why they had not previously detained Ms. Samneang. Last month, authorities said they had stopped five of her wood-laden trucks from illegally crossing into Vietnam.

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