May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has awarded more than 17,000 hectares inside Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary to unnamed private companies for agro-industrial development.
According to two sub-decrees signed by the premier on June 23, obtained by The Post yesterday, two concessions of 9,059 hectares and 8,591 hectares in the protected Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune and Thpong district’s Omlaing commune were awarded to the unnamed companies.
The government granted more than 55,000 hectares of land in the national park – which includes the wildlife sanctuary – to private companies for agricultural development, according to sub-decrees signed by Hun Sen and Council of Ministers officials between February and April this year.
The documents stated that the land had been deforested and would be used to replant trees and crops to “help the environment” and “develop the economy”.
Thuk Kroeun Vutha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment, could not be reached for comment yesterday. However, he told the Post earlier this month that land previously granted to private companies in the area had been cleared some years ago by local residents who produced charcoal from the wood.
Ouch Leng, land programme officer for rights group Adhoc, said yesterday that the government has rushed to issue land concessions inside the wildlife sanctuary and national parks without considering the impact on local villagers.
“The government only pays attention to the poor in order to invest, and to transfer the people from the city to attempt to hide images of poverty,” he said.
The Post reported last month that an economic land concession spanning 1,400 hectares inside Phnom Oral forest was reclassified for agro-industrial development in a sub-decree signed by the premier on May 24. In April, a 4,700-hectare concession was granted in Trapaing Chor commune, that also included part of Phnom Oral forest area.
Kampong Speu provincial deputy governor Tong Seng could not be reached for comment yesterday.
8 comments:
If he still in power, no more Khmer land will be left for the nation. I'm so pissed off why they still vote for him
they say the majority speaks louder than the minority, you know! that's why! that's the reality, don't you understand that! so, if i were you, i stop dreaming and think outdatedly, really! of course, there are more to cambodia than you and i, ok! cambodia nowadays is not as bad as the stupid KR era, you know! didn't you live through that and see for yourself? stop being hypocritical, ok! wake up and smell the coffee for a change, ok!
Ah Hun sen not only has a blind eye but also blind idea.
He is just so stupid, chopping down the tree and replant it for the environment...!!!!
He is so so so DUMP!
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl, President Ms. Rattana Keo,
When the Cambodian Government controlled by Hanoi gives land concession to Hanoi's companies or Cambodian companies which act as front companies of Hanoi to deforest Cambodia under the disguis of investment for rubber plantation.
The real reasons of this policy are:
Deforest Cambodia for Hanoi's profit and benefits at Cambodia's expense.
Occupy Cambodia covertly under the disguise of rubber plantation.
It will not supprise me if all the Vietnamese rubber plantation workers are militaries in civilian clothes
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the symbol of Khmer Nation!
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the symbol of Khmer people!
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of Khmer Angkor Wat.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of Khmer hero protect Cambodia border from Vietnam invasion.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of Khmer patriotism.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of the 90% poor Cambodian people.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of Khmer Nation.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of Human Right at Cambodia.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of democracy at Cambodia.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the icon of uncorrupted mind.
Mr Sam Rainsy is the symbol of Khmer Justice!
Hun Sen and CPP are working very hard to convert Cambodia to one of Vietnam province in the near future.
100 years of lands ownership to Vietnam. Vietnam has 100 years to export their people into Cambodia to make Cambodia automaticly Vietnam province.
This is how Hun Sen destroy Cambodia. May god help Cambodia.
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