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| CPP Land-thief Ly Yong Phat (L) |
Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post
More than six years after a sugar company bulldozed their farms in Koh Kong province, some 200 families who have held out ever since, arguing the action was illegal, will finally get their day in court on Thursday.
Seng Kao, one of 24 villager representatives from Chikhor Leu village in Sre Ambel district, said 100 villagers will join them at the provincial court as they make their case.
“We are ready and have witnesses and evidence, such as family books, identity cards, election cards, local administration lists and letters recognized by commune authorities that we have occupied the land since 1979,” He said.
In August 2006, a joint venture now majority owned by Thai firm Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Co Ltd and then part-owned by Senator Ly Yong Phat was awarded a roughly 20,000-hectare economic land concession in Chikhor Leu commune.
The villagers have argued that four months prior, partner companies Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co and Koh Kong Plantation Co illegally bulldozed 1,490 hectares of their farmland.
Aim Sokha, a coordinator for the Community Legal Education Center, said the government should nullify its agreement with the company.
“According to the law, we find that the villagers have a more firm legal base, because the companies started clearing villagers land before receiving [permission] from the government,” he said.
Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co lawyer Touch Chhay told the Post he might not attend the hearing as he had duties in Thailand that day.
“For us, we also have evidence,” he said.
7 comments:
All I got to say fuck all of them and the CPP.
All these idiots are Viet's blood and fuck you all, one day Khmer people will slice your throat off, fucker!
You're right we should kill them all. These are not Cambodians.
not all rich people are honest people, some are honest and some are bad as well. just know who is good and who is bad, that's all. i like the good ones that contributed to the development of cambodia, the bad and evil one with greed and corruption is the one we have to watch out for, really! that's all! that said, of course the good ones we can see as well as the bad one, really!
What's a bunch of mafia, gangster these idiot are!
To 1:08 AM,
Oh, this mafia group names Criminal Cambodian party. The boss seats in the midle and thinking how they can sell Cambodian land for maximun win for their pocket.
shut up, ok. out of 100 rich people of cambodia, we sort of expect at least one is bad and corrupted, while the other 99 is good and do more good for cambodia, really. so, stop thinking just because one of them is bad, the rest of the other 99 is bad also, not true, ok! ever heard about one bad apple in the whole basket, doesn't make all the other good apples bad, you know. same concept in cambodia here, ok! get educated for a change, please. thank you and god bless my country cambodia always.
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