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Environmental group slams soldier caught poaching

Park rangers display seven carcasses of hornbills and other items seized from CPO1 Phitsanu Choeykhim in Sai Yok National Parks in Kanchanaburi on Friday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)

The Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation on Sunday denounced a soldier caught slaying wildlife in a national park and urged the army to punish him severely.

The foundation championed for protecting the environment issued a statement condemning CPO1 Phitsanu Choeykhim, 41, for his “shameful” and illegal use of firearms to hunt wildlife in Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi.

The foundation urged the strongest punishment against the soldier under the 1st Regional Development Office and called for better measures to keep firearms out of public places.

CPO1 Phitsanu was arrested on Friday by a park ranger unit at a hunting camp in…

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