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500 illegal pieces of logs seized
October 13, 1997
BANGKOK POST
500 illegal pieces of logs seized
Operation obstructed by Karenni soldiers
Mae Hong Son
Thai authorities have so far seized over 500 pieces of logs in a suppression
drive against illegal logging along the Thai-Burmese border in Mae Sariang
district of this northern province.
Most of the illegally-cut logs were found by the joint suppression force of
the Forestry Department, forestry police and Border Patrol Police in the
Salween National Park in Tambon Mae Yuam. The suppression drive began on
September 13.
The joint suppression force is commanded by Pol Col Sithiporn Srichanthap,
commander of the 2nd Subdivision of the Forestry Police Division.
About 80 of the seized logs were believed to have been felled by Karens who
crossed the border from Burma.
The Thai authorities said their operation had occasionally been obstructed by
soldiers of the anti-Rangoon Karenni National Progressive Party whose
operational area is opposite Mae Hong Son in Burma's Kayah state.