Friday, February 02, 2007

Land Disputes in Kampong Thom [- Land disputes: A thorn in the CPP's side that will come back to haunt them in the upcoming elections]

Suon Kanika
VOA Khmer
Washington
01/02/2007

VOA's Suon Kanika interviews a local farmer in Kampong Thom, January 28, 2007

In recent years, land disputes between the rich and the poor people of Cambodia are alarmingly high, and it continues to be a prevalent problem in the country. A new case of land disputes, involved a group of farmers, whose land is allegedly taken by Try Pheap, is causing quite a stir in Kampong Thom province. VOA’s Suon Kanika has the report.

A group of more than 200 people gathered in front of Khlaing pagoda temple last Sunday, in an attempt to get back their land, in which they claimed to have occupied since 1993.

Close to 200 people gathered in Khlaing village on January 28, 2007

A representative for the local farmers tells VOA Khmer that Try-Pheap, a private industry informed the families that the land will be used for rubber plantation. The families are only left with a front lot of 300 meters each, said Meouv.

About 40 families out of 186 families in Khlaing village (Sandan district) sold their land to the company under the wrong assumptions. “Try-Pheap told the farmers that they should accept the money, because the land will be taken from them regardless”, added Meouv.

SRP Sok Pheng, who was on location, has promised to bring their petitions to appropriate authorities to seek for justice.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Stop trying to change the subject
you Ethiopians tics.

We all know you are here to sell
your stupid obsolete weapons to
us for our oil so that we will
distroyed what we have lelf, that
is why you created high tension
between Khmers, and Khmers and its
neighbors.

But unfortunately for you, you
ain't smart enough for that.

And last but not least, don't even
try to whitewash your crime against
khmer people also for burning
our country down to the ground in
the 70's. Capice?

Anonymous said...

You bloody-handed Viet Hanoi, Go home!!!

Anonymous said...

Sure, right after you answered to
the khmer people for you crime, fair?

Anonymous said...

Go home Primitive Yuan Taliban 6:42 AM.

Too ugly/dirty to be parasites hiding at the bottom of toilet.

Anonymous said...

Sure, right after you answered to
the khmer people for you crime, fair?

Anonymous said...

The answer is the Yuan Conspiracy and created Genocide in Cambodia.
Now go and head home to Hanoi Primitaive Yuan Taliban 12:35 PM.

Anonymous said...

Noope, Yuon did not stabed our
Ex-King (Somdach Euv) in the back.
It is you and your backstabers
SISOWATT Sarimatakis people who
did that and destroyed the whole
country and killed millions as the
result.

Moreover, trying to shift blame
to innocent people aint gonna get
you off the crime that you did
against khmer people, alright?