PhnomPenhPost-Aug 18, 2021

Officers from the Banteay Srey Forestry Administration in Siem Reap province on August 17 seized nearly 1,000 geckos that were being transported by a truck belonging to transportation company Virak Buntham. The officials demanded that the company pay a fine of $30,000 but they refused, saying the geckos belonged to a customer and their staff was unaware they were on board.  Virak said he believed that the amount of money being demanded and the suggestion that his company somehow apprehend the sender of the packages – an implausible, impractical and possibly illegal course of action for a private transport company to undertake – may indicate that the entire incident was a scheme hatched by the officials and an attempted shakedown.

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