30 January 2008By Mondul Keo
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The ongoing land dispute in Dey Kraham has reached violence one more time, and a local resident was injured with a gash on her head in the afternoon of 29 January.
Men Chenda, the injured woman, said that she was hit on her head and on several places of her body because of the rock throwing which she accused the employees of the 7NG company as being the perpetrators. She was hit when she tried to help one of her neighbor who was almost swept by a land clearing bulldozer.
Men Chenda said: “I went to help that old lady with the glasses when they moved the bulldozer (towards her). I went to help, then they (7NG company employees) threw rocks at me, they threw a lot of them at me. I only dodged, but a rock hit me on my neck, I dodged again and I was hit on the spine, and when I stood up one more time, I was hit right on my head.”
Dul Chantha, the elderly woman with the glasses said: “If they want to bulldoze me to kill me, let them kill me, I have no regret to die for Dey Kraham, for the more than 200 families living here, we (residents) are human beings, we are not dogs, we are not animals. We want money, we want a house to live in, just like others, we don’t want to live in anarchy like this, we do not accept it. We went to the prime minister (Hun Sen) to ask for his intervention because these lackeys of the 7NG company, including the commune chief, they are so bad, they dressed up in uniform to threaten the residents, all the residents, they throw rocks on the resident’s heads, and they brought a bulldozer to clear our land.”
The 7NG company could not be contacted in the afternoon of 29 January. Khat Narith, the Tonle Bassac commune chief denied the accusation made by the residents that he was the one who led the confrontation.
Khat Narith said: “At this time, there is nobody providing me any report yet, and they asked if I went to lead the (7NG company) attackers. Up to now, I didn’t see any report from the village chief about any problem yet. Let the residents show proof that I led the (7NG company) attackers, do they have any documents, any photos that show that I led the attackers?”
Man Chhoeun, the deputy governor of the city of Phnom Penh, said that he does not know yet about the dispute reaching violence where one resident was injured.
Man Chhoeun said: “Yesterday, I was busy meeting with students coming from Japan, they want to know about me providing funds to the poor. I did not know about the information (of the violence in the land dispute). I was busy all day long.”
The Dey Kraham land dispute pitting the 7NG company and the local residents is ongoing for several months already, it stems from a disagreement in the compensation to be paid by the 7NG company to the residents as the price of lands keep on increasing.
Men Chenda, the injured woman, said that she was hit on her head and on several places of her body because of the rock throwing which she accused the employees of the 7NG company as being the perpetrators. She was hit when she tried to help one of her neighbor who was almost swept by a land clearing bulldozer.
Men Chenda said: “I went to help that old lady with the glasses when they moved the bulldozer (towards her). I went to help, then they (7NG company employees) threw rocks at me, they threw a lot of them at me. I only dodged, but a rock hit me on my neck, I dodged again and I was hit on the spine, and when I stood up one more time, I was hit right on my head.”
Dul Chantha, the elderly woman with the glasses said: “If they want to bulldoze me to kill me, let them kill me, I have no regret to die for Dey Kraham, for the more than 200 families living here, we (residents) are human beings, we are not dogs, we are not animals. We want money, we want a house to live in, just like others, we don’t want to live in anarchy like this, we do not accept it. We went to the prime minister (Hun Sen) to ask for his intervention because these lackeys of the 7NG company, including the commune chief, they are so bad, they dressed up in uniform to threaten the residents, all the residents, they throw rocks on the resident’s heads, and they brought a bulldozer to clear our land.”
The 7NG company could not be contacted in the afternoon of 29 January. Khat Narith, the Tonle Bassac commune chief denied the accusation made by the residents that he was the one who led the confrontation.
Khat Narith said: “At this time, there is nobody providing me any report yet, and they asked if I went to lead the (7NG company) attackers. Up to now, I didn’t see any report from the village chief about any problem yet. Let the residents show proof that I led the (7NG company) attackers, do they have any documents, any photos that show that I led the attackers?”
Man Chhoeun, the deputy governor of the city of Phnom Penh, said that he does not know yet about the dispute reaching violence where one resident was injured.
Man Chhoeun said: “Yesterday, I was busy meeting with students coming from Japan, they want to know about me providing funds to the poor. I did not know about the information (of the violence in the land dispute). I was busy all day long.”
The Dey Kraham land dispute pitting the 7NG company and the local residents is ongoing for several months already, it stems from a disagreement in the compensation to be paid by the 7NG company to the residents as the price of lands keep on increasing.
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This is 2nd Pol Pot Regime I don't believed United Nation is so blind.and I don't know what's United Nation Meaning? I don't understand what did they do?
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