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Kith Meng (R), referred to as "Mr Rough Stuff" in a 2007 US Embassy Cable, with Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem in front of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam last month in Stung Treng province, in a photograph posted on the Facebook page of one of Mr. Meng’s employees.
Kith Meng (R), referred to as “Mr Rough Stuff” in a 2007 US Embassy Cable, with Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem in front of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam last month in Stung Treng province, in a photograph posted on the Facebook page of one of Mr. Meng’s employees.

Cambodian tycoon called out by police for links to illegal logging
Kith Meng, one of Cambodia’s most prominent businessman and an ally of the long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has been called out by the National Police for his involvement in systematic illegal logging.
Citing anonymous sources, the brief report posted to the National Police website accuses Meng’s firms, which are involved in constructing the Lower Sesan II dam, of misusing their license to log the reservoir to launder illegally sourced timber from other protected forests.
While the official claims against Meng follow similar findings by journalists and NGOs, it remained unclear if police intended to do anything about it. [Cambodia Daily]
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