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211 tonnes of rare and endangered timber were seized in Hong Kong in early May. Photo: the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Customs and Excise Department.

Civil society calls for transparent investigation into 200 tonnes of smuggled timber

Environmental activists and civil society groups are calling for a transparent investigation into a shipment of roughly 200 tonnes of rare timber seized by Hong Kong authorities earlier this month believed to have come from Cambodia. The Ministry of Agriculture had earlier rejected the idea that the timber had been smuggled from Cambodia, but an official revealed this Friday that they had been investigating the case.