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THE NATION: NAP blamed for Salween
- Subject: THE NATION: NAP blamed for Salween
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 04:34:00
Politics
NAP blamed for Salween
Agriculture Minister Pongpol Adireksarn
yesterday alleged the New Aspiration Party
turned a blind eye to the massive illegal
logging in Salween National Park while the
NAP was leading the Chavalit coalition in
1997.
Pongpol said two Democrat MPs, Tripol
Johjit and Panya Jinakham, filed an urgent
motion to the House committee on
agriculture on April 3, 1997, demanding the
panel investigate the illegal logging.
The Democrats were then an opposition
party and the House panel was headed by
NAP MP Charoen Chankomol.
Pongpol said the House committee ignored
the motion and the Chavalit government
had done very little to stop the illegal
logging carried out by 16,000 Karen
refugees in Mae Hong Son.
''Six months after the motion was filed, the
House committee still had never travelled to
Salween park although the two Democrat
MPs said it was a very urgent motion,''
Pongpol said.
The agriculture minister said the Chuan
government immediately tackled the
problem after it took office in November.