Myanmar: More Timber Found on Military Research Compound

Sep 7, 2016 | Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times
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Another 11 tonnes of illegal timber was confiscated from a former wood factory within a forest area cordoned off for military research on September 1, bringing the total illegal timber found in that area over the past two month to 500 tonnes. On July 4, officials found 328 tonnes of illegal timber in the area, near Ban Thar village within the Ho Late village tract in Mandalay Region’s Pyin Oo Lwin township. Further investigation turned up another 161 tonnes of firewood on August 26.