Naked women stop forest rangers from seizing hot logs
MANILA (dpa) - Illegal loggers in a northern Philippine province have been hiring women to strip naked to prevent forest rangers from seizing their stolen logs, a provincial environment official said in a newspaper report Thursday.
Rafael Otic, provincial officer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), said the unusual tactic was being employed by illegal loggers in the town of General Tinio in Nueva Ecija province, 90 kilometres north of Manila.
Otic told the Manila Standard newspaper that the hired women bare their breasts and sometimes even go naked at the sight of apprehending officers, who then shy away from their tasks in fear of being accused of abuse and exploitation.
"DENR personnel are finding it hard to make arrests because they are afraid of being accused of rape," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
General Tinio is considered the centre of illegal logging in the Philippines, where most of the country's primary forests have already been denuded.
MANILA (dpa) - Illegal loggers in a northern Philippine province have been hiring women to strip naked to prevent forest rangers from seizing their stolen logs, a provincial environment official said in a newspaper report Thursday.
Rafael Otic, provincial officer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), said the unusual tactic was being employed by illegal loggers in the town of General Tinio in Nueva Ecija province, 90 kilometres north of Manila.
Otic told the Manila Standard newspaper that the hired women bare their breasts and sometimes even go naked at the sight of apprehending officers, who then shy away from their tasks in fear of being accused of abuse and exploitation.
"DENR personnel are finding it hard to make arrests because they are afraid of being accused of rape," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
General Tinio is considered the centre of illegal logging in the Philippines, where most of the country's primary forests have already been denuded.
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