Friday, August 28, 2009

Land disputes: New procedures in motion [... Another impotent working group?]

Protest during an land dispute in Siem Reap (Photo: RFA)

Thursday, August 27, 2009

By P.B.
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the article in French

The Council of Ministers announced the creation of a new working group in charge of reforming land dispute resolutions.

An inter-ministerial working group will be created to set up new procedures to resolve land disputes, the Council of Ministers announced in a communiqué on Thursday 27 August.

“This group will have the responsibility of establishing a memorandum on the procedures to resolve the problems involving villagers who are living in anarchy in major cities, in Phnom Penh, or in other provincial towns,” the communiqué indicated.

Also, according to the communiqué, the new procedures will be created based on the existing land law and other legal documents.

“The goal of this memorandum will be to allow the finding of a satisfactory solution for the land owners and the land occupants prior to any eviction,” the communiqué stated.

During the previous legislative mandate, a multipartite committee in charge of resolution of land disputes was set up as a goodwill sign by the government to reach negotiated solutions in all land dispute cases. Nevertheless, this committee, which included members of the CPP, the SRP and Funcinpec, was rarely solicited and it did not show that it was efficient enough in the resolution of these land disputes.

Amicable land dispute resolutions generally took plane when Hun Xen or one of his advisors were directly involved, and when they ordered that resolutions are found on a case-by-case basis.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

The government of thieves, robbers, criminals, and murderers should be held accountable for hurt and harm Cmbodian people day after day.

Anonymous said...

Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:

Tortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery


Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:

Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity

Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leader of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.

Anonymous said...

UNDER AGE CHILD SEX
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed under age child sex.
Svay Sitha is a senior government official from Cambodian People's Party.
Svay Sitha had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina, she was only 16 years old.
Source: Human Rights Watch

ACID ATTACK ON TAT MARINA
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed acid attack.
"On December 5, 1999, Tat Marina, age 16, was severely disfigured in an acid attack in Phnom Penh. The attack was allegedly committed by Khun Sophal, the wife of a senior government official, Svay Sitha, because she was angry her husband had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina. Neither Khun Sophal nor those suspected of being her accomplices in the attack were brought to justice. Intense media publicity compelled the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Khun Sophal for attempted murder, but the police claimed that they could not locate her, although journalists reported that she was living at home as usual."
Source: Human Rights Watch

TORTURE AND MURDER ON PRAK SITHA WHILE IN CUSTODY BY MISNISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIAL
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed torture and murder.
"On the night of January 16, 2003, a street youth named Prak Sitha was beaten to death at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) headquarters after he was arrested and detained by off-duty MOI officers on suspicion of theft. His body - bearing numerous injuries to the head, torso, arms, and legs - was dumped at a Phnom Penh pagoda the following morning by ministry officers, in violation of police regulations regarding deaths in custody. No criminal charges were filed in connection with this death. In December 2004, the case was cited by the UN secretary-general's special representative for human rights in Cambodia - who stated that Prak Sitha died at the ministry "following beatings by a known police officer" - as an example of a "consistent and continuing pattern of impunity" in Cambodia."
Source: Human Rights Watch

PUT SAMPHORS WAS SHOT DEAD BY MEAN SOKCHEA, A RCAF MAJOR WORKING IN BRIGADE 70.
Hun Sen's personal Bodyguards Unit (Brigade 70) is a terrorist organization.
Hing Bunheang is a March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack suspect identified by the FBI.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed murder, again.
"On September 4, 2008, Mean Sokchea, a RCAF major working in Brigade 70, shot dead 21-year-old waitress Put Samphors at a restaurant in Kandal province. Mean Sokchea, in a drunken stupor, fired his gun and apparently mistakenly hit Put Samphors in the stomach. She was taken to a hospital but later died of her wounds. Mean Sokchea was detained by the police overnight but was then released, allegedly after intervention by Hing Bun Heang. Put Samphor's family received US$2,700 from Mean Sokchea, and the police told them that their daughter was shot while authorities were chasing robbers."
Source: Human Rights Watch

Anonymous said...

Only "Revolution" is to answer to this CPP regime. Rise up and use anything you can to fight back your rights, freedom and land.

Anonymous said...

Nothing we can get it free unless we fight for that.
God bless and only way to go fight for your own right!

Anonymous said...

Sam Lot Revolution Part II has begun!

Mrs. Palmer & her five daughters

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen can enact all kinds of laws he wanted but as long as corruption still exits the laws are not going to be properly enforced. Whoever enforced the law is going to interpret the law in a way that benefit himself/herself or the powerful people as in the case of land grabbing: the officials, military sued the peasants in court for preventing them (officials, military) from taking over the peasants' land. The court found the defendants (peasants) guilty and sentenced the peasants to jail for 3 months for resisting.

There is no room for justice for the poor in Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

As long as the government keeps
suppressing free speech, grabbing farmers' land and being currupt. The people will be frustrated and unhappy about the situation. They will revolt. They will have nothing to lose.

Anonymous said...

revolution my ass...stop baking like a dog in here if you hate hun sen goverment so much why don't you go to cambodia and face him? khmer pples had enought of this stupid shit of your by the way you guy sound like a khmer rough to me.

Anonymous said...

you're barking like you are among the one, Mi Sompoeung Doss Koy Pi Krouey!

u 1 2 try my long john?

Anonymous said...

12:15 PM
You want people who don't like Hun Sen to go back to Cambodia so Hun Sen can evict them too ? You have been such a fool . We are not dumb like you and those CPP supporters. We will never elect a one eye guy to lead us the way because we can see better .

Anonymous said...

12:15 PM ! The way you talk I know you are a CPP supporter but I have no idea what the hell you are trying to say . Your comment makes no sense to me .

son of a farmer said...

As long as many uncountable blood sucking parasites are still unconscientiously surrounding Samdech Hun SenVarman, therefore CPP will 4-ever violently stand tall!

Anonymous said...

CPP (Collected People Property)
CPP (Controlling People Party)
CPP (Choking Poker Player)
CPP (Corporation of Peeping Party)
CPP (Commission of Pay Pal)
CPP (Controlled Phnom Penh)
CPP (Corpes of Pol Pot)
CPP (Canceled People Pageant)
CPP (Crime of Pimping People)
CPP (Collected People Perk)
CPP (Controlling Polices Party)
CPP (Created People Problem)
CPP (Claimed People Plot)
CPP (Cuffed People Party)
CPP (Cell Phone Profit)
CPP (Convicted Poor People)
CPP (Canceled Paper Press)
CPP (Connected Plotting People)

Anonymous said...

12:15PM/ah Kun is not the CPP's supporter; he's just a dandruffed dog living in Long Beach. Hun Sen has fed him with the cost of a dried bone a day just keep him barking for the CPP. He's good at only barking, but when it come to talking face to face, he's not good at it. I think you ah Kun should stop barking to defend the CPP. Your barking can't help to go nowhere better than being a barking dog, dude.

Anonymous said...

12:15 PM is in Long Beach ? Wow ... even he is in the United States his English is that bad , what if he is in Cambodia ? He can't even spell , baking , pples ,enought and Khmer rough . No wonder why he is supporting CPP .

Anonymous said...

This guy had lived by the side of Long Beach City College (PCH Campus) for more 15 yeras. Knowledge does not fly to a lazy man. A diligent man needs to study a lot for it.