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Saturday, April 12,
2003
Angelina Jolie funds wildlife sanctuary PHNOM PENH: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has agreed to pay US$5mil (RM19mil) over the next 15 years to set up a wildlife sanctuary in a former Khmer Rouge-controlled area of Cambodia, a senior charity official said yesterday. Jolie, who fell in love with the war-scarred South-East Asian nation while filming the action movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, has already paid a first instalment of US$350,000 (RM1.3mil) to get the ball rolling, said Mounh Sarath, head of Cambodian Vision in Development. The project aims to protect more than 20,000ha of forest in northwest Cambodia, which five years ago was still controlled by remnants of the brutal ultra-communist Khmer Rouge, responsible for the genocide of the Killing Fields. The money would also go towards helping war veterans and amputees rebuild their lives, the charity said. “This is a great opportunity for us to restore deforested areas and protect wildlife to ensure local communities will not destroy them,” Mounh Sarath said. – Reuters
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