Thai forces kill 38 Cambodian loggers in six months
- Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 10.10
- Online news: Regional
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Thai forces shot dead 38 Cambodians in the first half of this year for illegally crossing the border to log for valuable timber, according to the Cambodian authorities.
A further 10 Cambodians were injured in incidents with Thai border forces and 194 were arrested, though not all of them on suspicion of illegal logging, the Cambodia-ThailandBorder Relations Office said in a report dated August 12.
The number of fatalities dwarfs the toll last year when around 11 alleged Cambodian loggers were reported killed over a 12-month period, according to statistics collected by local rights group ADHOC.
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