Officials weigh rosewood logs confiscated from a house rented by four Chinese Nationals and one Cambodian in Stung Treng province on Wednesday. Photo Supplied |
22 February 2013
By May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
Five men allegedly caught with 10 cubic metres of illegal rosewood worth more than $1 million on Wednesday were being questioned in Stung Treng provincial court yesterday, officials said.
Chroeung Khmao, the provincial prosecutor, said the men – four Chinese
citizens and one Cambodian – were being quizzed over the haul, seized
from a rental house in Stung Treng district’s Srah Russei commune.
“I am not sure if I’ll finish questioning them today or whether that
questioning will continue tomorrow,” he said, adding that the ongoing
nature of court proceedings prevented him from saying more.
A senior military police officer in Stung Treng province, who asked not
to be named, said a joint operation involving military police, Forestry
Administration officials and the provincial prosecutor raided the rental
house in Leu village, confiscating 586 pieces of rosewood, $20,000 cash
and two cars.
“That evidence is now with Forestry Administration officials, and the five men are being questioned in court,” he said.
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