SI SA KET, May 14 (TNA) – Two Cambodians and six Thai
workers have been arrested for illegal logging after removing a large Siamese
rosewood tree in a wildlife sanctuary in the northeastern Si Sa Ket province.
Huai Sala Wildlife Sanctuary officers said the suspects,
instead of chopping down the 20-meter tall tree, used transplanting method to
remove the whole high-value tree.
They apparently tried to deceive law enforcement that the
protected tree was for replanting, the rangers said. One of the Cambodian men
confessed of hiring the Thai men for 200,00 baht to remove and deliver the
tree.
The value of the Siamese rosewood tree is estimated at 2.3
million baht. (TNA)
