Phnom Penh (FN), Dec. 14– The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) decided to detain brigadier general Sum Socheat, deputy commissioner of Kampong Chhnang Province, and lieutenant colonel Keo Narun, director of the Intervention Office of the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Police.

This decision came after interrogation regarding the illegal occupation of flooded forests in three areas, Kampong Leng district, Kampong Chhnang province, according to the press release of the ACU spokesperson on Thursday.

On 28 November 2021, the premier ordered relevant authorities to crack down illegal logging and land grabbing along the Tonle Sap Lake, especially in Kampong Chhnang province.

Immediately after the premier’s order, minister Chea Sophara set up a working group to conduct further study and inspect the flooded forest areas in the six provinces along the Tonle Sap Lake, including Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom.
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