 |
| Politician and rights activist Mu Sochua says "Cambodia is for sale". (Photo: Simon O'Dwyer) |
April 16, 2012
Georgia Wilkins
The Sydney Morning Herald
A CAMBODIAN opposition leader has urged the federal government to stop Australian companies from accepting land concessions in Cambodia, saying they are contributing to a pressing humanitarian crisis displacing up to one million people.
Mu Sochua, a representative of the Sam Rainsy Party and prominent human rights advocate, is in Australia to meet with the Cambodian community and Greens MPs about the issue.
She says the Cambodian government has given away 2.5 million hectares of land - 13.8 per cent of the country - to domestic and international agricultural firms, and an additional 1.9 million hectares to mining companies to explore for gold and other precious metals.
"Cambodia is for sale," she said. ''China is the biggest beneficiary of economic land concessions. Australian companies are in the north-east, in indigenous areas. We are talking about thousands of hectares of land.''
According to Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency, Australian mining companies have received at least 20 mining concessions spread over at least six companies, with licences to explore more than 760,000 hectares in total.
Australian companies Southern Gold and Indochine Mining Limited have some of the biggest stakes in the country, with Indochine licensed to explore 431,000 hectares.
Ms Mu said it was unclear how many Australian agricultural firms were operating in Cambodia, but that Australia had long invested in the sector.
6 comments:
Madame Leader,
You forgot the Vietnamese invaders leasing for 99 years for good.
AH CHKAE KWAK Leasing out the Khmer land to the Vietnamese!!
I have never heard of the Vietnamese or any countries leasing out their country to us.
What do you have to say AH CHKAE KWAK!
ពួកបោះឆ្នោតបង្រ្គប់កិច្ចឬពួកជួយកាន់មាត់បាវចោរ!
Given concession land to Australian Company is much much better than gave concession land to Vietnam, Thailand, Sri lanka or Bangladesh.
Australian company will bring technology and expertist know how to Cambodia and use local labour. Australia will pay fairly compensation to people who effected or will leave people as it is, Cambodian can sue the Australian Company in Australian court.
Mrs Musochua should prevent Vietnamese, Thais, and other third world country who want to have concession land instead of Australia, USA and Western Europ.
Vietnamese, Thais, other third world company who want forest land in order to log the forest and sale for their profit and after the forest has gone they will sale the company to other company or they abandon their investmet by saying that the land infertile was unable to grow crop.
You should watch out who can or can not have the concession land if Australian company can not has concession land Mr Hun Sen will give the concession land to Vietnamese company altogether.
My Gosh,that is not so good for Cambodia and her people today. Hun Sen is stupid and crazy to sale the Cambodia land, natural resources to mostly Vietnamese thieves and some foreigners for his profits, to by his military polices, bodyguards, weapons and then this Vietnamese leader Hun Sen (brainwashed idiot to become a Vietnamese citizen) to stay in power until the Vietnamese thieves and masters in Hanoi to control Cambodia completely. Why Cambodian people wait too long? Wake up,Cambodian people. Is he out of his mind? Has Hun Sen been creating the destruction on purpose to Cambodia?
This idiot Hun Sen doesn't care anymore about Khmer nation, land and people, does he? What the Fuck!!!
So, his wife Bun Rany, all the children and family ties are Yuon so that this idiot Hun Sen is Yuon/Vietnamese now. Let's Khmer soldiers and military generals shoot and kill him because he is not Khmer anymore.
Let's Khmer people and soldiers have to reunited and take down evil Vietnamese leader as Cambodian PM (illegal Vietnamese leader in Cambodia was installed by Vietnamese thieves (military forces and masters from Hanoi, Communist Vietnam).
Let's kill and shoot Yuon/Vietnamese PM Hun Sen and his Yuon families and take out all his CPP thieves like greedy Pig Sok Kong who stole the money from Angkor Wat Tourists, Former Khmer Khmer Rouges Prison chief Hor Nam Hong, etc.
It is time to have massive protests across the country in Cambodia along with Khmer Krom and Leur (Surin).
I support your understand this land grabbing.
Post a Comment