According to the Ministry of Environment, park rangers tackled 50 natural-resource offences in Preah Suramarit-Kossamak “Kirirom” National Park, Kampong Speu province, during operations over the past two months, from August 19 to October 20, 2026.
The cases included:
1. Installing posts to enclose land with the intention of claiming private ownership: 34 cases, with about 19.57 hectares recovered. Five cases involving a total of 2.85 hectares were referred to court.
2. Cutting, clearing, encroaching on and burning forest land to claim private ownership: five cases, with about 3.52 hectares recovered.
3. Setting wildlife snares: one case, with 15 snares removed and one monkey found dead in a snare.
4. Felling and destroying forest trees: four cases, with six trees and four boards of category-two timber (pine) seized.
5. Encroaching on land and building shelters to claim private ownership without permission: four cases.
6. Spray-painting land boundary markings: two cases.
Separately, on October 20, 2026, rangers from the Kirirom National Park office under the Kampong Speu Provincial Department of Environment tackled one case involving cutting, clearing, burning and planting crops to claim forest land as private property, at a location above អូរកសេះ in ចំបក់ commune, Phnom Sruoch district, inside the national park. The persons responsible were not encountered at the site. Rangers are continuing to identify the offenders for proceedings under the Environment and Natural Resources Code. By: ស្រីពី
