The goat denies eating rice, but has a tree stuck in its beard.
Ministry to Probe Logging in National Park
by Aun Pheap | August 20, 2016

The Environment Ministry will open a formal investigation into allegations that a pair of senior officials in Siem Reap province allowed loggers to clear-cut 10,000 hectares of forest inside a national park—more than a quarter of the protected area.

The claims were made by nine rangers employed by Phnom Ku­len National Park. They accuse the park’s deputy director, Sous Sa­khan, of colluding with a deputy di­rector of the provincial environment department, Sim Chhiv Chheanpe­sith, in permitting loggers to decimate large swaths of the 37,000-hectare park—including valuable Chheuteal and Koki trees—over the past two years.

A written complaint detailing the accusations was lodged with the environment department early this month and forwarded to the ministry this week. The officials deny wrongdoing, and Mr. Chhiv Chean­­pesith said the rangers were at­tempting to frame him for their own crimes. “The monkey eats the rice and smears the mouth of the goat,” he said on Wednesday...

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote:The goat denies eating rice, but has a tree stuck in its beard.
Ministry to Probe Logging in National Park
by Aun Pheap | August 20, 2016

The Environment Ministry will open a formal investigation into allegations that a pair of senior officials in Siem Reap province allowed loggers to clear-cut 10,000 hectares of forest inside a national park—more than a quarter of the protected area.

The claims were made by nine rangers employed by Phnom Ku­len National Park. They accuse the park’s deputy director, Sous Sa­khan, of colluding with a deputy di­rector of the provincial environment department, Sim Chhiv Chheanpe­sith, in permitting loggers to decimate large swaths of the 37,000-hectare park—including valuable Chheuteal and Koki trees—over the past two years.

A written complaint detailing the accusations was lodged with the environment department early this month and forwarded to the ministry this week. The officials deny wrongdoing, and Mr. Chhiv Chean­­pesith said the rangers were at­tempting to frame him for their own crimes. “The monkey eats the rice and smears the mouth of the goat,” he said on Wednesday...

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It's taken 2 years, and 10,000 ha cleared, before anyone made a complaint. Lets talk about who has been sleeping on the job.

Its no wonder no one has screamed about the logs the Chinese are taking out of Ream Park, when they have officials like this.

Duncan wrote:

CEOCambodiaNews wrote:The goat denies eating rice, but has a tree stuck in its beard.
Ministry to Probe Logging in National Park
by Aun Pheap | August 20, 2016

The Environment Ministry will open a formal investigation into allegations that a pair of senior officials in Siem Reap province allowed loggers to clear-cut 10,000 hectares of forest inside a national park—more than a quarter of the protected area.

The claims were made by nine rangers employed by Phnom Ku­len National Park. They accuse the park’s deputy director, Sous Sa­khan, of colluding with a deputy di­rector of the provincial environment department, Sim Chhiv Chheanpe­sith, in permitting loggers to decimate large swaths of the 37,000-hectare park—including valuable Chheuteal and Koki trees—over the past two years.

A written complaint detailing the accusations was lodged with the environment department early this month and forwarded to the ministry this week. The officials deny wrongdoing, and Mr. Chhiv Chean­­pesith said the rangers were at­tempting to frame him for their own crimes. “The monkey eats the rice and smears the mouth of the goat,” he said on Wednesday...

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It's taken 2 years, and 10,000 ha cleared, before anyone made a complaint. Lets talk about who has been sleeping on the job.

Always difficult to dob in the bosses in Cambodia. The rangers will probably all lose their jobs and the officials will carry on "officialising". Brave men to speak up.