The Mudon Township Forestry Department has seized more than 11 tons of illegal timber, including 40 logs of teak, in Mudon Town, Mon State’s Mudon Township, on July 6.
Seized teak logs (Photo: MNA/Mon Htaw)
The seizure took place around 1 PM on Wednesday, in Thein Kon Quarter, Mudon Town, when the logging truck driver failed to provide legal documents to the local forestry department.
“This is not the first time an illegal logging case has surfaced in Mudon Township. We have confiscated timber several times. However, it is the first instance that we’ve seized it in a large number this year,” said U Soe Naing, the head of the Forestry Department.
U Soe Naing added that after being informed about a log truck entering Mudon Town, the State Forestry Department, Mudon Township Forestry Department, Thanbyuzayat Town based Infantry Battalion (IB) 62, Mudon Town Police Force and the head of ten-households from Myo-ma (4) Quarter came to check the truck and seized the logs.
Soon after the arrest, the two truck drivers, U Kyar Pauk and U Aung Sein, were facing charges under article 6(1) of Act Law for protection of public property. The Mudon Town Police also took in U Aung Sein at mid-night on July 6 to the police station for further investigation.
It has been allegedly stated on Facebook that the seized logs were carried by a ten-wheel truck from Kalain Aung area, Tenasserim Division to Mudon Town, of Mon State.
