A group of villagers lit incense, in Kampong Speu province. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey)Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Monday, 10 May 2010
"My house was completely destroyed without warning from the company, demolished this morning."Police and security guards for the Phnom Penh Sugar Co, Ltd, bulldozed one house in Kampong Speu province Monday, but a rights worker said he expects at least 20 more families to be pushed from their homes in coming days.
No one was injured in Monday morning’s demolition, which was part of an ongoing land dispute in Thpong district’s Omlieng commune. At least two local police and three security guards for the company accompanied the bulldozer, witnesses said.
“My house was completely destroyed without warning from the company, demolished this morning,” said Nut Sary, 35, a mother of two children whose husband is a motorcycle taxi driver in Phnom Penh. “I bought this land in 2000 and also have proper documents. The company said my house was illegal. The company has abused my rights for living.”
She told VOA Khmer she wants the company to pay compensation, but she did not say how much.
Chheang Kim Sun, a spokesman for the company, said Monday the house was not properly documented and was sitting on company land.
Phnom Penh Sugar is owned by Ly Yong Phat, a powerful senator for the Cambodian People’s Party. The company was granted nearly 8,000 hectares of land in a government concession in 2002, but in recent months it has expanded its plantations.
Villagers say the company moved onto their legal land and have staged numerous protests since February. At least two men were arrested in connection with protests that included the burning of several company buildings and a bulldozer.
Am Sam Ath, lead investigator for the rights group Licadho, said the company failed to announce the demolition to the family.
At least 20 families have told Licadho they expect their houses to be knocked down this week, he said.
Omlieng Commune Chief Hak Dam said she was not aware of the demolition but promised to investigate. Phnom Penh Sugar has in the past destroyed houses that lack legitimate paperwork, she said.
i see many people are praying in cambodia. that is good, however, it is like sitting still and do nothing, really. instead, why not get in connection with your representatives and come complain to the right authority. of course, you have to have prove of your lands title, etc... now, this land issue wasn't created by gov't; it was the legacy of the stupid KR era. so, hope authority and villagers alike understand this reality and sit down and negotiate and work it out together. after all, it is gov't responsibility and obligation to help settle national issues like this, not suppressing or worst use force or ignore them and expect them to go away like magic, you know. if gov't don't settle this, who can the people go to to get assistance to help settle problems once and for all? mabye, cambodia needs good leaders who committed and care about cambodia then country and our people. so far, if this kind of problem is being shove aside or ignored, the real vision or intention of gov't services and people are questionable. perhaps if the nation's tasks are too much a burden or too hard for incompetent leadership, maybe they ought to think about stepping down and let or allow somone else who are capable a chance to lead for reforms, etc... wake up, please! you are only hurting your own country and people this way. please do something about it once and for all, really!
ReplyDeleteKampuchea is evidently and precisely going into the perfect direction, which Da Rich is publicly robbing Da Poor in the broad daylight!
ReplyDeletehey, it's not the issue of the rich robbing the poor or whatever, it's like you're saying this kind of problem never existed before in previous gov't, etc... the point to gov't and villagers alike must sit down with their respective representatives to discuss and negiate this hot issue that seem to be happening all over cambodia that real estate boom started by untac present in cambodia, ok! it's a national issue, not any one individual, really! nobody can ignore it, ok!
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed 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.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
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
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
To the idiot 6:00am
ReplyDeletetell me how do you propose to both party to negoiate when they were doing that. Only problem is that how do you negoiate when someone is pointing a gun in your face? How you stand in front me while I have a stick in my hand and you try to negoiate your way out?
The poor people is at a disadvantage. Do you understand?I'll cut you off before you starting bringing up the western country have poor people and rich taking advantage of them. You want to know the difference? We have a system in place called check an balance. There is many ways a person can do without being harm unlike in Cambodia you can go missing and the police wil say," oh that person ran away" when they just murdered the person the day before. Catch my drift idiot?
This nincampoop 6:00 AM needs to be kicked 'til her azz bleeding.
ReplyDeleteit is time to form another regime of khmer rouge. that was how khmer rouge started.
ReplyDeleteAs a Khmer born student, I would like to ask Dr. Hun Sen, " How are you going to react toward this?"!! "Are you going to kick those Shit Sugar Palm Viet. Company's ass out of the country or just stay still nonsense looking at your OWN KHMER PEOPLE suffering?"!! "What A Leader!!"!~!!
ReplyDeleteAre you a real Khmer Born Son or What?!! I really don't understanding this!!