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Article

9 Jan 2017

Author:
Ariffin Sha, The Online Citizen

Cambodian NGO engages Singaporean law firm to look into complicity of Singaporean entities in environmental destruction arising from sand mining

“Cambodian NGO engages local law firm to look into complicity of Singaporean Entities in ‘environmental destruction’ arising from Sand Mining”, 3 Jan 2017

Mother Nature Cambodia, a NGO that is "fighting to put an end to the systematic destruction of Cambodia's precious natural resources" has engaged Singaporean law firm, Eugene Thuraisingam LLP ('ET LLP'), to provide advice in relation to the alleged complicity of Singaporean Entities in the 'Sand Mining Scam.'…

After Malaysia, Indonesia, and other neighboring countries reduced or outright banned sand exports to Singapore due to environmental concerns, Singapore turned it's attention to Cambodia's sands to supplement it's seemingly endless land reclamation efforts. Singapore began to buy large quantities of sand from 'Koh Kong'…

The contentious issue in this enterprise is not the sale of Koh Kong's sand per se but rather the unfettered manner in which the sales were conducted. This lack of restrain, Mother Nature Cambodia argues, led to sheer environmental destruction…