High Officials Implicated in Arrest of Vietnamese Illegal Loggers, Ratanakkiri
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High Officials Implicated in Arrest of Vietnamese Illegal Loggers, Ratanakkiri
Ruling Party Lawmaker Linked to Illegal Logging Charges
24 April 2019
Aun Chhengpor
The loggers were reportedly detained on land in the province’s Taveng district controlled by Noupheap Sophy Investment, a firm with links to a number of high-profile officials.
PHNOM PENH — A ruling party lawmaker has been linked to the arrests of twelve Vietnamese illegal loggers in Ratanakkiri province.
The loggers were reportedly detained on land in the province’s Taveng district controlled by Noupheap Sophy Investment, a firm with links to a number of high-profile officials, including Khoeng Noupheap, a National Assembly member for the Cambodian People’s Party, and Lim Heng, a vice president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce.
Nupheap has denied his company was directly involved in the alleged illegal activity.
Chea Bunthoeun, deputy Ratanakkiri police chief, said the loggers would be charged after a judge ruled against them.
Unconfirmed local media reports have indicated that the group entered Cambodia under the supervision of company representative Sek Virak.
Thorn Savun, a provincial governor, said the media reports were “not false”.
According to open data compiled by local rights group Licadho, Nupheap Sophy was granted a 9,000-hectare plot of land in Taveng district to develop a rubber plantation.
Reached on Tuesday, Khoeng Noupheap denied any knowledge of illegal activity at the plantation.
“I have not received any precise information about the case because there were people responsible out there at the site. Even though the company is under my name, I am not directly managing it,” Noupheap told VOA Khmer by phone. “The person named Sek Virak is the manager. Please give me some time to explore for more concrete information.”
Virak has served as the company’s manager on the site since it was granted the land concession in 2011, Noupheap added, denying his company is employing foreign workers illegally.
“We only employ Cambodians. It is just a fact on the ground that we can only have access to the site from the Vietnamese border since we do not have proper roads to access the site from Cambodian territory.
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/ruling-pa ... tmlrritory.”
24 April 2019
Aun Chhengpor
The loggers were reportedly detained on land in the province’s Taveng district controlled by Noupheap Sophy Investment, a firm with links to a number of high-profile officials.
PHNOM PENH — A ruling party lawmaker has been linked to the arrests of twelve Vietnamese illegal loggers in Ratanakkiri province.
The loggers were reportedly detained on land in the province’s Taveng district controlled by Noupheap Sophy Investment, a firm with links to a number of high-profile officials, including Khoeng Noupheap, a National Assembly member for the Cambodian People’s Party, and Lim Heng, a vice president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce.
Nupheap has denied his company was directly involved in the alleged illegal activity.
Chea Bunthoeun, deputy Ratanakkiri police chief, said the loggers would be charged after a judge ruled against them.
Unconfirmed local media reports have indicated that the group entered Cambodia under the supervision of company representative Sek Virak.
Thorn Savun, a provincial governor, said the media reports were “not false”.
According to open data compiled by local rights group Licadho, Nupheap Sophy was granted a 9,000-hectare plot of land in Taveng district to develop a rubber plantation.
Reached on Tuesday, Khoeng Noupheap denied any knowledge of illegal activity at the plantation.
“I have not received any precise information about the case because there were people responsible out there at the site. Even though the company is under my name, I am not directly managing it,” Noupheap told VOA Khmer by phone. “The person named Sek Virak is the manager. Please give me some time to explore for more concrete information.”
Virak has served as the company’s manager on the site since it was granted the land concession in 2011, Noupheap added, denying his company is employing foreign workers illegally.
“We only employ Cambodians. It is just a fact on the ground that we can only have access to the site from the Vietnamese border since we do not have proper roads to access the site from Cambodian territory.
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/ruling-pa ... tmlrritory.”
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