..a group of unknown gunmen equipped with AK-47 rifles ambushed officials on patrol in the Preah Roka Protected Forest in Choam Ksan district, Preah Vihear province.

The six own chainsaws that the three officials confiscated on Friday while they were patrolling the forest for illegal logging activities.

General Mackevili wrote:I assume the loggers were officials too? Turf war...

Authorities in Preah Vihear province on Tuesday arrested a local soldier on suspicion of being involved in the fatal shooting of a police officer and a Forestry Administration ranger on an overnight patrol for illegal loggers early Saturday morning...

The same officer, Phet Sophoan, told a reporter on Sunday that he suspected military involvement in the attack because a group of soldiers had been arrested for logging in the area a few months ago.

The department’s commander, In Bora, confirmed the questioning of a Brigade 9 soldier in connection with the murders...

But Division 3 commander Srey Doek denied that any of his soldiers had been taken into custody.
“There has been no arrest of my soldiers; this information is not true,” he said...