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	The officials had a gunfight with three men each of who were allegedly carrying a sack with eagle wood and carcasses in the forest sanctuary.</div>
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	Officials said they found a gun near the man they shot dead and a personal document identifying him as Vietnamese. Cutting tools, the eagle wood and freshly cut deer antlers were found inside the sack. The two others were said to have escaped.</div>
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	The incident was the fourth time officials have arrested or clashed with poachers at Phu Khieo. Most of them were Vietnamese.</div>
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	In related news, police arrested a man allegedly transporting black wood worth Bt1.5 million from Khun Han district in Si Sa Ket to Sangkha and Prasat districts in Surin.</div>
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	Phatthaya Naoprakhon, 29, confessed that he was paid Bt20,000 per trip.&nbsp;</div>
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Poacher shot dead

Wildlife officials at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum clashed yesterday with Vietnamese poachers, killing one man.