By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
16 November 2007
Authorities used a land grab clash in Preah Vihear province to confiscate even more land from angry villagers, witnesses and opposition leaders said Friday.
Violence between villagers and police this week left two people dead and five injured in Preah Vihear, following the alleged sale of villager land to business interests.
Some residents are now without homes and separated from their families, witnesses said.
Authorities also cremated the bodies of two people killed in the dispute, Sam Rainsy Party commune council chief Long Ri said.
"The two bodies were cremated, and I heard that the bodies were not completely burned when they were taken to burial at the mountain," he said.
Preah Vihear Deputy Governor Sor Sam Ol said the people were not living in proper homes, "some were without walls and some others without the roof."
"I acknowledged that the authorities seized some things," he said, "but those are just knives and axes those villagers used as their weapons."
Sor Sam Ath, an investigation officer for the rights group Licadho, no relation to Sar Sam Ol, said his agency worried that some people were still missing, "probably in the jungle."
Violence between villagers and police this week left two people dead and five injured in Preah Vihear, following the alleged sale of villager land to business interests.
Some residents are now without homes and separated from their families, witnesses said.
Authorities also cremated the bodies of two people killed in the dispute, Sam Rainsy Party commune council chief Long Ri said.
"The two bodies were cremated, and I heard that the bodies were not completely burned when they were taken to burial at the mountain," he said.
Preah Vihear Deputy Governor Sor Sam Ol said the people were not living in proper homes, "some were without walls and some others without the roof."
"I acknowledged that the authorities seized some things," he said, "but those are just knives and axes those villagers used as their weapons."
Sor Sam Ath, an investigation officer for the rights group Licadho, no relation to Sar Sam Ol, said his agency worried that some people were still missing, "probably in the jungle."
4 comments:
This makes no sense. In the post below entitled "Police Clash Over Land Leaves 2 Villagers Dead [in Preah Vihear]", the dispute was from the State not buying land for preservation, but for development, and the villagers got pissed off.
And now they are claiming people without homes? Well, if they sold your homes for preservation or development, who fault is that?
From the government source said:
These people were violated the government's preservation, so the government joint arm forces just re-ocuppied areas who invaded by the poor cambodian people.
Now the land is secured by the government arm forces, and burned the houses of the poor cambodian people to divergence and lull.
Oh good to see some conflicting sources to confuse the hell out of people, and that is what I called "Real Democracy".
Accusation and propaganda made by a mad coward who didn't even sign his own work.
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