Chiang Rai forestry official fired over illegal logging

5 April 2018
The Nation
Protected forests
Chiang Rai / forestry official / illegal logging / Mekong River

A temporary Royal Forestry Department official in Chiang Rai has been sacked for allegedly helping illegal loggers transport timber near the Mekong River. More than 20 logs and at least 100 processed planks were trucked to the department’s Forest Protection Unit in Chiang Saen district late on the night of February 25.

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