Original report from Phnom Penh
25/06/2007
Several angry farmers were beaten by police Saturday in the wake of protests for more than 100 families in Kampong Chhnang province who are in a land dispute with three former village chiefs.
Sam Vin, a villager representing 188 families in Kampong Tralach town, told VOA Khmer hundreds of villagers were being duped by local authorities and former village chiefs in a tale that is becoming increasingly common across the country.
The families faced losing nearly 100 hectares of land that has yielded crops since 1979. The land was sold to merchants or factory owners, and the families who once farmed it feel cheated.
Village chiefs have come to survey the land, angering farmers. Those surveys led to suspicions, which led to demonstrations, which led to the five people injured by police, Sam Vin said.
Ad Hoc investigation official Sam Kier said he had requested a speedy solution from national authorities.
Sam Vin, a villager representing 188 families in Kampong Tralach town, told VOA Khmer hundreds of villagers were being duped by local authorities and former village chiefs in a tale that is becoming increasingly common across the country.
The families faced losing nearly 100 hectares of land that has yielded crops since 1979. The land was sold to merchants or factory owners, and the families who once farmed it feel cheated.
Village chiefs have come to survey the land, angering farmers. Those surveys led to suspicions, which led to demonstrations, which led to the five people injured by police, Sam Vin said.
Ad Hoc investigation official Sam Kier said he had requested a speedy solution from national authorities.
6 comments:
If Cambodian still has the Hun Sen regime there
do not worry,we'll lost every thing we have
slowly and painfully,because Hun Sen do what
ever he can for Yuon interest not the interest
of Cambodian. In 2008 if we not vote Hun Sen
out WE ARE FUCK WITH YUON'COLONIZE
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Guys, check this out...a Cambodian women hanged herself in Dubai...
Every fucking day in Cambodia, you hear land grab this, land grab that. Cambodians are very good at killing (the weak and the helpless), why don't they at least try to kill the most powerful fucking Hun San family for a change?
As long as Ah Kwak Hun still in power, there will be nothing left in Cambodia. This Kwak animal had mountains of $$$ but still wants more and more and more and more. Ffffffuck Yyyyyou Ah Hun.
I hear so much about land crab these days. We need to set up snipers in srok khmer and take out these corrupted police.
If the election was cheating and unfair and the land crabing keep increasing the only way to free Cambodia is violent!
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