Sre Ambel (Koh Kong province) land-grabbing: After land dispute negociations fail, military police hired by CPP Tycoon-senator Ly Yong Phat's company fire shots at villagers resisting clearing of the land, injuring 2 villagers (Photo: Licadho)
Tonle Bassac (Phnom Penh) Sambk Chap eviction: Police forces are deployed on the site to monitor the destruction of the remaining houses on the biggest area of the site. (Photo: Licadho)By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
19 November 2007
Unsolved land theft, poverty, migration, unemployment and corruption are causing an eruption of land conflicts across Cambodia, a leading expert said Monday.
As land prices rise in a developing economy, the courts have shown themselves incapable of arbitrating, exacerbating the problem, said Latt Ky, a land monitor for the rights organization Adhoc.
"There's been a land management ministry, a committee to solve land conflicts and later in 2006 the land authority," he said.
All three agencies have tried to deal with land issues, with the help of a new land law, but land grabbing "still occurs more and more," he said, as a guest on "Hello VOA."
"It's still a hot issue still hot and irreducible," he said.
Two people were killed in a demonstration over the alleged theft of land in Preah Vihear province, in a bloody conflict that has been one of many over the past few years.
Latt Ky said his unit was continually monitoring such situations, despite an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen last year for the illegal seizure of land to stop.
"An order is order, but for the people to implement it, that is different," Latt Ky said.
Courts are hard-pressed to prosecute the crime, despite Hun Sen's order, and even though the land authority has seized 220,000 hectares, some of it has ended up in the hands of government officials.
As land prices rise in a developing economy, the courts have shown themselves incapable of arbitrating, exacerbating the problem, said Latt Ky, a land monitor for the rights organization Adhoc.
"There's been a land management ministry, a committee to solve land conflicts and later in 2006 the land authority," he said.
All three agencies have tried to deal with land issues, with the help of a new land law, but land grabbing "still occurs more and more," he said, as a guest on "Hello VOA."
"It's still a hot issue still hot and irreducible," he said.
Two people were killed in a demonstration over the alleged theft of land in Preah Vihear province, in a bloody conflict that has been one of many over the past few years.
Latt Ky said his unit was continually monitoring such situations, despite an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen last year for the illegal seizure of land to stop.
"An order is order, but for the people to implement it, that is different," Latt Ky said.
Courts are hard-pressed to prosecute the crime, despite Hun Sen's order, and even though the land authority has seized 220,000 hectares, some of it has ended up in the hands of government officials.
6 comments:
Go back to south Vietnam, Ah Khmer-Yuon squatters! Khmer lands are not for illegal immigrants.
I wish there will be more shooting so that the poor will rise up. Let all the people be brave and stand up to youn and the cpp. They are the one who bring suffering to Cambodia.
There will be another fight. This time the poor will rise up and will kill the corrupted and the rich. May my wish come true.
This is Hun Sen's generosity toward Cambodian people!
Yes, that is why we evicted Ah shameless Khmer-Yuon squatters from the area so that we can develop the the land and create jobs for Khmer people.
Chey Yoh, PM Hun Sen!
Chey Yoh AH HUN SEN mother fucker! And you can have land for free!
AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave mother fucker could never do thing in a civilize manner!
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