Thursday, March 29, 2007

Hun Sen's war on land-grabbing: An internal CPP warfare? One of Chea Sim's former advisor arrested

Tan Seng Hak (photo: Bun Nak, Koh Santepheap)

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Oknha Tan Seng Hak involved in 60 land dispute cases

Koh Santepheap newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Socheata


Phnom Penh – According to a source, after the detention of oknha Tan Seng Hak and 2 of his accomplices, the Phnom Penh municipality court received 60 complaints about Tan Seng Hak and 10 of his companions who had falsified documents regarding the 300-hectare of lands located in the Sangkat Phnom Penh Thmei, Khan Russei Keo.

The same source indicated that Tan Seng Hak, a former advisor to Chea Sim, and 10 of his companions have falsified documents to occupy the land owned by innocent victims, Cambodian and Chinese companies. Tan Seng Hak’s group was able to cheat people out of hundreds of hectares of land, without anybody daring to confront them.

The source indicated that some Cambodian companies had to stop all their activities, whereas, the Chinese companies had to pull back and return to their country because of the land dispute with Tan Seng Hak who colluded with a group of court officials before Chiv Keng, the current court Phnom Penh director, took over his position. During that time, Tan Seng Hak was able to create rain and shine as he wanted to, and he made up falsified documents to expropriate lands belonging to Cambodian and Chinese companies in any way he wanted. No only that, he also used Chea Sim’s name for his own benefit, and that of his group. However, Chea Sim never knew anything about Tan Seng Hak’s illegal activities, and even after knowing about the situation, Chea Sim did not intervene in this very hot affair, leaving the case to the Phnom Penh municipal court to take care of Tan Seng Hak and his group.

Another source from the Phnom Penh municipal court indicated that the court is currently issuing warrants for the arrest of Tan Seng Hak’s group of more than 10 persons who were involved by acting as witnesses and by falsifying private documents to cheat and take over several hundred hectares of land from other companies. The court action has received the support from the prime minister and Chiv Keng is currently undertaking the action.

Tan Seng Hak was arrested by police officers of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on 22 March at the Washington Hotel and Karaoke, located in Sangkat Prek Leab, Khan Russeir keo. On 23 March, the MoI sent Tan Seng Hak to the Phnom Penh municipal court for questioning. The arrest of Tan Seng Hak was conducted with a warrant issued by the Phnom Penh municipal court. Tan Seng Hak was questioned by one of Chiv Keng’s judge for more than an hour before and Chiv Keng decided to issue a temporary detention order on Tan Seng Hak at the Prey Sar jail, while awaiting for an investigation. Later on, two other persons were also arrested: one is Tan Seng Hak’s uncle, and another person close to him. The pair were sent to Prey Sar jail also. Perpetrating crime does not pay.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

These people are being born from combination of human ovaries and animal spems. They acted like animal. We must clean them up before they breed even more worst animal than that.

Anonymous said...

see pee pee + pee see pee = Kim Jong Il = Mentally Ill

Anonymous said...

About time that Hun Sen do something about those cheaters. One point for Hun.

Anonymous said...

Yep, and plenty more where that
came from. You ain't see nothing
yet. Land grabbers' days have been
numbered. Only one man can do that,
and that is Somdach Hun Sen.

Anonymous said...

Will wait and see. It could be an election strategy. Catch now and release him later.

Anonymous said...

It's just Hun Sen's smoke screen....

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen insinuated and indorect challenged Chea Sim cronies.

Sar Kheng is under pressure to prove how loyal to Hun Sen and arrest his big brother in law people.

Hun Sen starts cleaning up Chea Sim camp before he has a reason to sack Sar Kheng in 2008.

Cham Pasith is on the roll call too.

Will be more heads rolling down Quai Kumpuchea Krom.Darkest day is till coming yet...

Anonymous said...

We hope Sdech Krom Preah will be sent to Prey Sar jail too

Anonymous said...

Many Oknhas?????
Many Excellencies!!!
Many PhD!!!!
Many Honorables !!
Many Ministers/Co-PM!!!
Many many Stars In Xmer Sky!!!!

But Sihanouk Just thinks about Marshal Lon Nol who was only Captain in his old regime....!!!