Clampdown on illegal logging - Apr 9, 2005
Forestry officials discovered three
illegal logging sites on Koh Chang island yesterday. A suspect was arrested
at one of the sites.
The sites, totalling about 10 rai, are in Ban Dan Kao village, Ban Klong
Phrao village, and an area near Tantawan Resort in tambon Koh Chang Tai.
Damage to the environment caused by the logging was estimated at 300,000
baht, said Preecha Phujeeb, head of an illegal logging suppression unit in
Trat.
The suspect was identified as Boonloi Sirimongkol, 30, from Trat's Muang
district. He was arrested in Ban Klong Phrao where trees had been felled in
an area of about three rai. The man said he had been hired to cut down trees
since late last year.
Mr Preecha said illegal logging was rampant even though Koh Chang had been
picked as a pilot area for suppression of encroachment on national park
land.
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