Communal official disciplined for assisting illegal loggers

(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the case of illegal logging in the upstream forest of Pieng Cooc village, Mai Son commune (Tuong Tuong district), a deputy commune police officer was disciplined, and the commune chairman was jointly responsible.

The Inspection Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee has just announced the conclusion of signs of violations by Kha Van Moong (Deputy Police Chief of Mai Son Commune) and requested to discipline this party member for violating the state law on forest protection and development. It requested Mr. Kha Van Mong to seriously review and voluntarily accept the disciplinary action. At the same time, it requested the Mai Son Commune Party Committee to direct the review and consider disciplining the party member, and report the results to the District Party Committee's Inspection Committee before January 20.

Notice of conclusion of signs of violation by Mr. Kha Van Moong.

The Inspection Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee also announced the conclusion of the inspection of signs of violations against Mr. Lo Van Quang (Chairman of Mai Son Commune People's Committee). According to the inspection results, Mr. Quang violated the provisions of the law on forest management and protection, arbitrarily allowing subordinates to exploit wood to build houses without notifying superiors, and not thoroughly handling the situation of illegal logging in Pieng Cooc village.

The District Party Committee's Inspection Commission also requested Mr. Quang to seriously review and clarify his personal responsibilities in leadership, direction, and work management and accept disciplinary action.

Notice of shortcomings and violations of Mr. Lo Van Quang

Previously, on November 15, the Working Group of the Environmental Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) caught three subjects red-handed using a homemade winch to winch wood from the forest gate at Khe Beng, in the upstream forest area of ​​Pieng Cooc village, Mai Son commune (Tuong Duong district).

At the scene, the working group seized 26 wooden boards that had been cut into dong wood sets (each board was 3.5m long, 1m wide, 18cm thick), a winch, and a roll of iron cable. About 100m into the forest, the working group discovered 10 more wooden boards that had been cut in a stream and 2 tree stumps with a diameter of more than 1m that had been cut down.

The three illegal loggers are La Bon Tuong (born in 1984), residing in Son Ha village, Tam Quang commune, Tuong Duong district; Lu Van Hung (born in 1974) and Lo Van Thuy (born in 1989), both residing in Na Kha village, Mai Son commune, Tuong Duong district. At the investigation agency, all three subjects stated that the above wood belonged to Kha Van Moong, currently the deputy police chief of Mai Son commune.

3 subjects were arrested at the scene (Photo).

It is known that nearly a month before, the district and commune's joint inspection team had inspected the Pieng Cooc village forest and discovered 60 planks of wood that had been cut into dong by illegal loggers, but the team only made a record, numbered them, and then left without making a record of the confiscation to hand over the large amount of wood to the authorities. As a result, all of the wood "disappeared" from the scene, although this place was only 5-7 km from the commune center and Mai Son Border Guard Station.

Currently, the case is being further investigated and clarified by the authorities.

Wang Yun