Monday, May 11, 2009 Four Vietnamese nationals arrested for attempting to transport timbers out of Cambodia
Source: Radio Free Asia Reported by Khmerization Officials from Lorm village, O'Yadoa district of Rattanakiri province have said that 4 Vietnamese nationals were arrested on 7th May for attempting to transport timbers out of Cambodia to Vietnam, report Radio Free Asia. One villager said: "They have entered our territories and cut down a lot of trees. We don't know how many times they did this. We have arrested them once before in that place, but they still come again. The Vietnamese border guards and the Cambodian police from O'Yadao came and they wanted to us to make a compromise (by releasing them)." Villagers said that the Cambodian police threatened and coerced them to release those 4 Vietnamese, but the villagers refused. Mr. Souvann Khamvan, deputy police chief of Rattanakiri, said that the crackdown on illegal logging is the duty of the O'Yadao police. He said: "Those 4 Vietnamese nationals were arrested by the villagers." Mr. Chhay Thy, Adhoc investigator based at O'Yadao said that he is monitoring the issue. He said tha if the 4 Vietnamese illegal loggers were released it will be a conspiracy by the authority. He said: "We are investigating the case of villagers arresting the Vietnamese illagal loggers. And if they were released it would be illegal." In July 2008, the villagers from Lorm villagers detained 5 Vietnamese trucks and electric saws and 3 motorcylces. They were arrested but the Cambodian border police released them in exchange for a little fine (bribe?). Villagers knew that Vietnamese loggers have entered to log timbers in the areas since many months ago. The latest news from RFA broadcast on 10th May reported that the 4 Vietnamese nationals had been released without charge after the Vietnamese authority had intervened. IN CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM AGAINST 10 UN RESOLUTIONS :��UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia Isn't about time for our Hanoi PhDs to be sent to real school?Hun Sen and Ky Tech's role model for justice? Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Heroin smuggled to Malaysia in cigarettes from Cambodia Customs seizes RM1.9mil heroin from hotel room Tue, May 05, 2009 The Star/Asia News Network (Malyasia) BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia: The Customs Department has arrested a man and seized 8.3kg of heroin with street value of RM1.9mil (S$796,670) at a hotel in Prai, near here. He said the 30-year-old suspect has been remanded for a week to facilitate investigations, which included determining the extent of his network. "He is liable to be charged under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act which carries the death penalty upon conviction," Md Hassim told a press conference at the state Customs headquarters in Prai yesterday. He also announced three other seizures made last month which included a container laden with 2,546 boxes of frozen oxtails worth some RM150,000. He said several people were unloading the container behind a shop in Bukit Mertajam at 11pm on April 14 when Customs officers nabbed them. "We believe the goods were brought in from a neighbouring country without a permit. We detained five people for questioning, two of whom were released after their statements were recorded," Md Hassim said. He said the department seized a container laden with 475 cartons of contraband cigarettes from Cambodia worth RM120,175 at the North Butterworth Container Terminal on April 28 and RM106,000 worth of smuggled alcoholic drinks from a house in Bakau Street on the island the next day. He said unpaid duties for the cigarettes amounted to RM1.92mil while those for the alcoholic drinks were RM205,000. Md Hassim said the cigarette smugglers tried to fool the authorities by declaring the consignment as spools. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
