Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Koh Kong land dispute victims are traveling to Phnom Penh to present their grievances against Ly Yong Phat’s Koh Kong Sugar Co.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

By KK
Cambodge Soir

Translated from French by Luc Sâr

Faced with the inaction of the Koh Kong provincial authorities which are ignoring their problem, a group of villagers involved in land dispute with the Koh Kong Sugar Co., are taking the road. Their destination? Phnom Penh. More than 100 representatives of the Chhouk, Chi Khor and Trapeang Kondor villages have chosen to go plead their case directly to MPs and Prime Minister Hun Sen, and to call them to reflect upon the damages caused to their fields by the land clearing operations of Koh Kong Sugar Co. An Hai Ya, a 39-year-old villager, explained that he refused the offer amount of 150,000 riels ($38) per hectare of land given to the sugar company. “We can no longer wait for the authorities’ action,” An Hai Ya said. The Sre Ambel district chief assured that the complaints brought up by the villagers are currently being scrutinized. “We cannot give them an answer right away because we just look at their cases yesterday,” the district chief claimed. He added that the villagers are free to go protest in Phnom Penh.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Last time, Hun Sen warned to shut down the Kareoke House by using the Tank.
We wait and see that Hun Sen dare to make a war with his general ?
Not One ,but too many of his Generals who are Land Grabbers...
His high ranking Officers and his families.
Will he win the war ?
He'll be killed by his own evil creatures.Pls wait and see it.

Anonymous said...

Ly Yong Phat is a crook Land Grabber.
Will Hun Sen kill this guy ?
Those evils are causing a lot social problem.
Could Hun Sen fix its ?
Hun Sen & Its CPP's time are nearly run out !We'll wait & See it.

Anonymous said...

KHMENG WAT KNONG SROK

WHAT WILL AH HUN SEN RESOLVE THE PROBLEM?

NOTHING BECAUSE AH HUN SEN IS ACCOMPLICE IN ALL CASES OF CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen's Cock will solve land grabbing problems. Hun Sen will take the land from his general for the Vietcong, because the Vietcong needs land for rubber plantaition.

Anonymous said...

do mair ah hun xen!

theur kar othkert!

ouy shmer cher ahn!

Anonymous said...

do mair ah hun xen!

theur kar othkert!

ouy shmer cher ahn!

Anonymous said...

The great words of Samdech Choun Nath:

All Khmers, please remember the root and history of our great country
Our boundary was wide and well known
Others always thought highly of our race
And always placed our race as the elders.

We have great heritage and culture
Which has spread far and wide in the Far East.
Religion, arts and education,
Music, philosophy and strategies are all that we have spread.

All Khmers, please remember our roots and history
Which speaks of the grandeur of our great race
Make up your mind and body and try hard to rebuild
In order to lift the value of our nation
To once again rise to the greatness that we once had.