Phnom Penh Thursday, 07 October 2010
“The Cambodian courts continue to act on behalf of rich and powerful interests, ignoring the evidence, the Land Law and other relevant legislation, enforcing eviction where ownership remains undecided and imprisoning those who dare to protest.”
The Asian Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued sharp criticism of the continued problem of land grabs, including the jailing of those who demonstrate against it.
The rights commission estimated that 133,000, more than 10 percent of Phnom Penh's residents, have been evicted in the capital since 1990.
“The Cambodian courts continue to act on behalf of rich and powerful interests, ignoring the evidence, the Land Law and other relevant legislation, enforcing eviction where ownership remains undecided and imprisoning those who dare to protest,” the commission said, citing the rights group Licadho.
“Cambodian courts are not able to protect land titles,” the commission said. “Their function is not the protection of the individual but the interests of those who are in power. The idea of the balancing of interests is an alien concept in Cambodia. The role of the authorities is to protect the state, not the people.”
Land titles are no protection either, the commission said. “It is only when the company begins the operation to redevelop the land that the original owners get to know that the land they rightfully own has been given away.”
Government spokesman Phay Siphan dismissed the criticism, which he said “aims only at degrading the Cambodian government and the courts.”
4 comments:
Phay see pess is a horse head. this man don't know nothing until it comes to hit his own family one day then his ass will run and run....
Phay see pess if you only can say "reject, dismiss, denial" we would like to appeal to the world donor to reject the support for your incompetent gov't also.
we are the power... shut your filthy mouth, it is so stink when you open..
You cpp are not respect yourself how can we trust you to respect us.
we appeal to the world community: we did not vote for cpp nor we ever will vote for cpp. you can go ask each of the khmer people if they ever satified with cpp pai see pess or pai see hun pai see heng or what ever....
We will tell the world community that we don't want CPP CCpest to run the country no more.
Stop the stinking mouth...pai see pest....
I want the land grabber to grab pay siphan 's property. Let's see how Mr. Phay feel?
I think pay siphan will defect to SRP for hlep. SRP will always help no matter who SRP, CPP, OR HRP...
that is good about SRP country protectors!!!
Someone has to stop this kind of misdeed. How more longer will the CPP of Khmer Rouge legacy continues to abuse khmer citizens? Hun Sen must be removed for his incompetency.
Everyone knows Cambodian court is the rotten court. The ignorant ruling government still think it is a great and this is why it is a real problem.
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