Log volume exaggerated by importer
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20/07/1999
Thai-Korean Veterans' Welfare Co, one of four Thai importers of Burmese logs, has inflated by a thousand-fold the volume of logs it wishes to import, in its application to the Forestry Department. Forestry chief Plodprasop Suraswadi said yesterday the Burmese government had officially informed the department of the actual volume of logs awaiting to be imported. The figure for Thai-Korean, he said, was the only one which differed from what was stated in its application to import the logs.