Guest guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Sat, 09 May 2009 10:40:09 -0400 Shirley McGreal <smcgreal primfocus: primfocus From the Bangkok Post. " The sack " is not much of a punishment. The whole lot should go to prison. Forestry employee faces sack for poaching By: CHAIWAT SATYAEM AND APINYA WIPATAYOTIN Published: 9/05/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN : A Royal Forest Department employee has been caught red-handed poaching wildlife. He was nabbed while camping in a forest reserve area in Prachuap Khiri Khan with four other poachers after they had killed a number of langurs. A forest patrol squad found Anothai Kasemsukpaisal, 43, and the other four men in an area of the Kui Buri national forest reserve and took them to the police yesterday. Found along with some rifles in their tents were the dead bodies of four langurs which had already been smoke-preserved, said Boonlue Poonnil, chief of Kui Buri National Park. Mr Boonlue led the patrol team into the forest after having received a report that a group of people from Bangkok accompanied by some locals had sneaked into the forest to hunt illegally. The forest area in which the five entered and killed the animals is where a rehabilitation programme has been undertaken by a royal project to revive wildlife diversity. " Shame on them, His Majesty the King has spent more than a decade to revitalise this forest successfully, " said Mom Chao Ying Rangsibhadol Yukol, who oversees the royal project at Kui Buri National Park. Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Panchai Bovornratanapran said the five suspected wrongdoers, particularly the Royal Forest Department employee, would face tough legal action. Department chief Somchai Pienstaporn said that he had sent a team to look into the case. If the staff member was found guilty, he would be fired. " We have a clear policy that state officials who make a mistake will face legal action and disciplinary punishment. We will end the case swiftly, " said Mr Somchai. He asked for cooperation from local people to tell him about any other illegal actions of the department's staff. " The local people know best. They should immediately inform us if there are any irregularities, " he added. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/16380/forestry-employee-faces-sack-for -poaching Dr. Shirley McGreal, OBE, Chairwoman International Primate Protection League PO Box 766 Summerville, SC 29484, USA Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 I feel the chance is very small that anything will happen to these guys. With the head office of ASEAN-WEN in Bangkok you would expect that action will be taken to set an example but to give a few examples why i don't think anything will happen; September 2008 raid on illegal zoo 80 wildlife found, of which 34 proven illegal including one orangutans. 24 animals taken away, no court case, zoo still open. January 2009 raid on zoo in Phuket, after weeks of negotiations 11 orangutans taken away. No legal case made, no court, zoo still open. I feel that the poachers that were arrested yesterday are now free on bail, and maybe will get a 100 dollar fine, if the case goes to court.... Edwin Wiek and Founder Wildlife Friends Foundation (Thailand) www.wfft.org <http://www.wfft.org/> edwin.wiek tel (+66) 8-90600906 Wildlife Rescue Center - Kao Look Chang Mobile Wildlife Clinic - South-east Asia Pileated Gibbon Rehabilitation - Chanthaburi Thai C.R.R.U. (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) _____ aapn [aapn ] On Behalf Of jwed Sunday, 10 May, 2009 1:53 PM AAPN List FW: (TH) Langur poachers caught Sat, 09 May 2009 10:40:09 -0400 Shirley McGreal <smcgreal (AT) sc (DOT) <smcgreal%40sc.rr.com> rr.com> primfocus: primfocus (AT) waste (DOT) <primfocus%40waste.org> org From the Bangkok Post. " The sack " is not much of a punishment. The whole lot should go to prison. Forestry employee faces sack for poaching By: CHAIWAT SATYAEM AND APINYA WIPATAYOTIN Published: 9/05/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN : A Royal Forest Department employee has been caught red-handed poaching wildlife. He was nabbed while camping in a forest reserve area in Prachuap Khiri Khan with four other poachers after they had killed a number of langurs. A forest patrol squad found Anothai Kasemsukpaisal, 43, and the other four men in an area of the Kui Buri national forest reserve and took them to the police yesterday. Found along with some rifles in their tents were the dead bodies of four langurs which had already been smoke-preserved, said Boonlue Poonnil, chief of Kui Buri National Park. Mr Boonlue led the patrol team into the forest after having received a report that a group of people from Bangkok accompanied by some locals had sneaked into the forest to hunt illegally. The forest area in which the five entered and killed the animals is where a rehabilitation programme has been undertaken by a royal project to revive wildlife diversity. " Shame on them, His Majesty the King has spent more than a decade to revitalise this forest successfully, " said Mom Chao Ying Rangsibhadol Yukol, who oversees the royal project at Kui Buri National Park. Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Panchai Bovornratanapran said the five suspected wrongdoers, particularly the Royal Forest Department employee, would face tough legal action. Department chief Somchai Pienstaporn said that he had sent a team to look into the case. If the staff member was found guilty, he would be fired. " We have a clear policy that state officials who make a mistake will face legal action and disciplinary punishment. We will end the case swiftly, " said Mr Somchai. He asked for cooperation from local people to tell him about any other illegal actions of the department's staff. " The local people know best. They should immediately inform us if there are any irregularities, " he added. http://www.bangkokp <http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/16380/forestry-employee-faces-sack-fo r> ost.com/news/local/16380/forestry-employee-faces-sack-for -poaching Dr. Shirley McGreal, OBE, Chairwoman International Primate Protection League PO Box 766 Summerville, SC 29484, USA Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 E-mail - smcgreal (AT) ippl (DOT) <smcgreal%40ippl.org> org, Web: www.ippl.org Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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