By Thet Sambath
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Wednesday denouncing forest encroachment and ordering courts across the nation to confiscate state land illegally grabbed by private interests.
The directive orders courts to issue warrants to begin the confiscation.
The warrants, which must be issued before the end of May, will include a time limit of 30 days for involved parties to contest the confiscation.
If the orders are contested, provincial and municipal governors will forward cases to the newly formed National Authority for the Resolution of Land Disputes.
The directive also states that RCAF, military police, police and other relevant authorities must cooperate to resolve the land disputes and protect state forests from encroachment.
Forestry Administration Director Ty Sokun said Thursday that almost 300,000 hectares of land across Cambodia are in private hands but rightly belong to the state.
"I believe this measure will be successful because it is the government's order," Ty Sokun said, adding that the government is already in the process of confiscating 20,000 hectares from encroachers on Siem Reap province land.
Banteay Meanchey provincial Governor On Sum said that he had already invited all companies and other large private landowners to meet with authorities so that they can report on the size of their land.
"They can continue farming on their cleared land, but ongoing encroachment and the clearing of trees in the state's forests must cease," said.
Acting Banteay Meanchey Cabinet Chief Chuong Prasoeuth said that 18 landowners had already been ordered to return more than 4,000 hectares of land illegally purchased from villagers and RCAF officers.
"We told them that forestry officials will confiscate it all for state property, and they have to pay $1,000 per hectare for land they cleared," Cabinet Chief Chuong Prasoeuth said.
The directive orders courts to issue warrants to begin the confiscation.
The warrants, which must be issued before the end of May, will include a time limit of 30 days for involved parties to contest the confiscation.
If the orders are contested, provincial and municipal governors will forward cases to the newly formed National Authority for the Resolution of Land Disputes.
The directive also states that RCAF, military police, police and other relevant authorities must cooperate to resolve the land disputes and protect state forests from encroachment.
Forestry Administration Director Ty Sokun said Thursday that almost 300,000 hectares of land across Cambodia are in private hands but rightly belong to the state.
"I believe this measure will be successful because it is the government's order," Ty Sokun said, adding that the government is already in the process of confiscating 20,000 hectares from encroachers on Siem Reap province land.
Banteay Meanchey provincial Governor On Sum said that he had already invited all companies and other large private landowners to meet with authorities so that they can report on the size of their land.
"They can continue farming on their cleared land, but ongoing encroachment and the clearing of trees in the state's forests must cease," said.
Acting Banteay Meanchey Cabinet Chief Chuong Prasoeuth said that 18 landowners had already been ordered to return more than 4,000 hectares of land illegally purchased from villagers and RCAF officers.
"We told them that forestry officials will confiscate it all for state property, and they have to pay $1,000 per hectare for land they cleared," Cabinet Chief Chuong Prasoeuth said.
6 comments:
Only effective in his few hours od speech after that its all his land and his thugs. Happy land grab ah kwark hun sen and if hun sen son do read this, get f**k youn boy.
Lon Nol was US puppet, Pol Pot was Chinese puppet, Hun Sen is Vietnamese puppet... SRP is US puppet, will Hun Sen's son be Euro puppet?
I don't know! but better to belong to the west. the communust are bad to every body.
Even their big boss USSR run away from communist. And stay more far away from poor communist like the Viet, It only can take away from younever give.
AH HUN SEN'S son graduated from West Point? What did AH HUN SEN's son learn at West Point? I can asssure all Cambodian people that he never did learn anything at West Point! If he did learn and he is learning the wrong the things! This guy is graduating at the bottom of his class! ahahah. West Point gave him so called degree just to make leave United States as soon as he can. The following are the leader of a country who used to graduate from West Point!
General Manuel Noriega of Panama is a graduate at West Point and he became a drug dealer and went to war with United States! President Fidel Ramos of Phillipine is a graduate from West Point and he is one the most corrupted leaders in the Phillipine and look where Phillipine now! Any question?
well.. in the communist country, the smart one usually work on the farm and the no brainer one usualy run the country..there is no question about it..everyone knew ..unless the person is a no brainer , too. Im not respond about his son, he just the scum of the earth!
Khmerrouge survivor! there is no more USSR, it ran away and disapear from the face of the earth, it was dead!!!!! Father of the Communist was TAY HOUNG.
Now they have only Russia, Ukranian, Agarkastan and so on and on and on.
So next is Viet Name, is going to be Viet Youn, Champa, and Kampouchae Krom or may be there will be no Viet Youn because Mother Earth swallow them whole. May ligtning strike them too.
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