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| Villagers from Kampong Speu’s Treng Trayeong district protest in front of Hun Sen’s house in Takhmao town yesterday. (Photo by: Pha Lina) |
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post
Sixty-six people representing 73 families from Kampong Speu province in a land dispute with petrol conglomerate Sokimex yesterday gathered at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s villa in Kandal province’s Takhmao town to ask for intervention after provincial officials prepared to evict them.
Mam Mao, a representative of families living in Treng Trayoeng commune’s Village 3 in Phnom Sruoch district, said yesterday that provincial authorities planned to remove their houses on March 25 and give their land to Sokimex representative Choem Savong.
“We arrived at Takhmao town on Wednesday to request for mercy and intervention from Samdech Hun Sen,” he said. “Samdech is our last hope.”
Mam Mao said that villagers had lived on the land since 1992 before a Sokimex representative filed a complaint against them in 2000, claiming that the land belonged to Sokimex.
Choem Dara, another representative of the villagers, said that a verdict was handed down against the villagers in January 2001, but villagers were not informed until April that year.
Choem Dara said that villagers sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice and a petition to the National Assembly after hearing the verdict and both bodies told them they could return to their homes.
“I think that authorities and Choem Savong colluded together to evict and grab 7,500 square metres of our residence land,” said Choem Dara.
Villager Lai Im said that the villagers would not return until they had received an intervention letter from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
“If we go back now or with empty hands, the authorities will remove and demolish our houses,” said Lai Im.
“I heard that Sokimex owners have hundreds of thousands of hectares of land.”
Kampong Speu provincial prosecutor Kuth Sopheang said that a village representative lost the case in early 2001 after the court found that they had destroyed a fence to illegally live on the company’s land.
“On March 25 we will lead 172 relevant officials to implement the verdict to declare the return of the land to Sokimex,” he said.
“We hope that they will volunteer to move from the land by themselves.”
Sokimex representative Choem Savong could not reached for comment.
18 comments:
Sokimex is own by Sok Kong who is Vietnamese...let see the outcome from the traitor Hun Sen?
Why do these protestors still have hope in the monkey whose photo they hold up? In every land conflict people hold up his photo and the photo of his wife, but in every case the people lost. No help had ever come from the one-eyed monkey. And still they hold up his pictures! Why? How much longer before they realise that they must fight for themselves?
Hey Khmer protestor bring gun and that the only way can hear your voice.
one issue sending a missile and atomic bomb at TOUL KRASAING NEAR TAKHMAO .
6:08 pm-- makes sense.I agree with you.
Hun Sen IS the thief and the people still hold up the thief's picture for help? That I don't understand!
I agree with 6:08 as well.
What the use of holding the two stupid portraits of those Yourns ' stooges for? It' s hopeless if you are Khmer.
These Yourns ' stooges only help and protect Yourns not Khmer
I completely agree guys, they would be better of holding of an opposition sign that's would sent a trong messages to Mr, Strongman that I'm not with you anymore. Every single time the protectors do a protest they holding him and his bitchs, how do we make them understand that it's doesn't work, everytime they go they lose that got to stop:(
Who ever is telling them to hold these monkey face need to stop. What they should be doing is denouncing corrupt officials from top to bottom. Honestly I don't think these people care about any other than their own justice and not see the whole picture.
I see the trend why Cambodia is Cambodia. People beg from robbers to another when they are so desperate. They need to be taught to see the whole situation as in justice for all, equality for all. But instead they hold pictures of Hun Sen knowing full well that he is apart of these company but they hope that by showing their support to him maybe just maybe, they might get sympathy from Hun Sen.
I don't understand,why the people hold the fotho the traitor dictator Hund Xen and Mi kahieng CPP?They are the land rubber!!!
I think these people are desperate or just totally stupid.
Ah Sen will not care. If he cared, he'll care for everyone. All over the country, there are many the same case; and the buttom line people suffer.
AH Hun Sen Ah Me Kbot Jeat!
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
AH HUN SEN AH KBORT JEAT KAGN JAEH YOUN
Kon Kmeng Naek Srae
We know the deep deeps in God. We’re confidence that your struggle will succeed.
That Land over there is yours land, you’ll go back to it one day. Because your fight
Will prevail and you’ll have your home and your land back again, because yours fought
Is rights and god is on your side.
Let the Blooming Lotus Revolution Begin in Cambodia!
Why would people still lilt up Ah Hun Sen photo when they are protesting??? Ah Hun Sen is not going to help them. Because of Ah Hun Sen that is why they lost their land. Ah Hun Sen is the most useless prime minister of Cambodia. They should burn the fucking photo of Ah Hun Sen to show him they are discussed with him.
Khmers are stupid beyond words. They hold pictures of a thief who stole their land hoping that the thief feel sorry for them and return back the land to them. Thieves never return back to you things they've stole from you.
How true, 9:01AM
DEAR FELLOW CAMBODIANS WHO SUFFERS FROM LAND LOSS AND EVICTION!!, PLEASE DO NOT HOLD THE HUN SEN'S PORTRAIT BECAUSE THIS MAN IS BEHIND OF ALL FOREIGN COMPANIES AND ALL "OKNHA". THIS MAN WILL NEVER HELP YOU. HE MAKES YOU DEFEENSELESS. YOU MUST HELP YOURSELF: STOP VOTING FOR CPP.
Please keep in mind that Sokimex is Vietnamese owned.
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