Cambodia to prosecute Malaysian logging firm

  • 11/06/2000

Cambodia has filed its first charges against a private company for illegal logging, Cambodian Forestry Director Ty Sokun said on Saturday. The government has accused GAT International Co Ltd of Malaysia of illegally cutting logs worth nearly $105,000 within its own and another company's concession areas in the Cardomom Mountains in southwest Cambodia, Ty Sokun told Reuters.