By Or Phearith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
On 27 January, people from Kompong Cham province have organized a religious ceremony to ask the Gods to help soften the rulers’ heart into returning back the lands confiscated from them.
Villagers from Sralob commune, Tbaung Khmum district, said that about 1,000 villagers from 3 villages in the commune have gathered in the Trapeang Chhlous pagoda, Nikum Leu village, Sralob commune, to organize a religious ceremony to pray to the Gods to help them recover back their lands so they may work again: “We all organize this religious ceremony to ask all the Gods in the world to help us recover our lands back from the government and the Ministry of Agriculture.”
The religious ceremony was held after the villagers felt that they have lost all recourse through legal challenge and lawsuits. “The court does not want to resolve this problem, the court is inept. We, the villagers, asked the court help resolve the problem of 4,800-hectare of land [taken away from us].”
The villagers said that in addition to the 4,800-hectare of land loss, the Ministry of Agriculture confiscated another 360-hectare for Maisak tree plantation. Because of the loss of their lands, some of the villagers are forced to leave their villages to find work elsewhere.
Official from the Ministry of Agriculture cannot be contacted on this issue, however, Hun Neng [Hun Sen’s older brother], the provincial governor, explained that the lands belong to the state and that the villagers cannot ask the Gods to help them get the land back. “This land is for Maisak tree plantation, the land was taken away for agriculture, almost all the Maisak trees which existed from the Sangkum Reastr Niyum era, were cut down during the war. So now the government is planting Maisak trees again, but these villagers went to cut down the Maisak trees and wanted to make the lands as theirs. Therefore the provincial authority has no right to resolve this problem, it depends on the Ministry of Agriculture, this is a piece of land belonging to the state, it’s a state property…”
Hun Neng claimed that for those villagers who had to leave their villages to find work elsewhere because of the lack of land, the authority has decided to provide them lands in Memot district, the essential now is whether the villagers agree to go there or not.
Because of their loss of confidence in the legal system to recover their lands back, villagers from Som village, Kompoan commune, Memot district, had also organized a ceremony to curse those who took away their lands. That ceremony was organized on 08 Jan when the villagers lost all their hope. This type of religious ceremonies have caught on [in the Kompong Cham province], other villagers are expected to organize several other ceremonies of this nature in the near future.
Villagers from Sralob commune, Tbaung Khmum district, said that about 1,000 villagers from 3 villages in the commune have gathered in the Trapeang Chhlous pagoda, Nikum Leu village, Sralob commune, to organize a religious ceremony to pray to the Gods to help them recover back their lands so they may work again: “We all organize this religious ceremony to ask all the Gods in the world to help us recover our lands back from the government and the Ministry of Agriculture.”
The religious ceremony was held after the villagers felt that they have lost all recourse through legal challenge and lawsuits. “The court does not want to resolve this problem, the court is inept. We, the villagers, asked the court help resolve the problem of 4,800-hectare of land [taken away from us].”
The villagers said that in addition to the 4,800-hectare of land loss, the Ministry of Agriculture confiscated another 360-hectare for Maisak tree plantation. Because of the loss of their lands, some of the villagers are forced to leave their villages to find work elsewhere.
Official from the Ministry of Agriculture cannot be contacted on this issue, however, Hun Neng [Hun Sen’s older brother], the provincial governor, explained that the lands belong to the state and that the villagers cannot ask the Gods to help them get the land back. “This land is for Maisak tree plantation, the land was taken away for agriculture, almost all the Maisak trees which existed from the Sangkum Reastr Niyum era, were cut down during the war. So now the government is planting Maisak trees again, but these villagers went to cut down the Maisak trees and wanted to make the lands as theirs. Therefore the provincial authority has no right to resolve this problem, it depends on the Ministry of Agriculture, this is a piece of land belonging to the state, it’s a state property…”
Hun Neng claimed that for those villagers who had to leave their villages to find work elsewhere because of the lack of land, the authority has decided to provide them lands in Memot district, the essential now is whether the villagers agree to go there or not.
Because of their loss of confidence in the legal system to recover their lands back, villagers from Som village, Kompoan commune, Memot district, had also organized a ceremony to curse those who took away their lands. That ceremony was organized on 08 Jan when the villagers lost all their hope. This type of religious ceremonies have caught on [in the Kompong Cham province], other villagers are expected to organize several other ceremonies of this nature in the near future.
12 comments:
These villagers are indeed clever. They pray to god rather than their (opposition) MPs in Kg Cham.
30i07
MPs do not rule the court. CPP rule the court. If the court was good, these people wouldn't have to resort to these hopeless action.
I hope all the curse the people put on these corrupt officials come true and may they all lose power so that the people lives can have more equality and justice.
Good that they pray to GOD. But they should pray to ALLAH too.
Lord Buddha already left Cambodia, those Hun Thugs are just pretending, but they are Pol Pot's babies, and they are not Buddhists.
We have a lot of Hun Sen's babies in KI or Pol Pot's grand kids.
If you are reading this, UN and Cosignators of Paris Agreement, GOD is our last resort! can you see!
Should you do something, or let us die again a bit slower than POL POT time?
Do something please before it too late!
We need not want Hun Sen to face justice just our life as free people in dedemocrac world!
Is we ask for too mutch??????????
Cambodian think again about Global Demonstration for Demoncrac in Cambodia!!!
Pray to Allah for Free Lunchs and
Lands, Moi28? well when the US
Evil Empire offers such a thing,
let us know, okay? Otherwise,
just shut the fuck up, Fair?
WE PRAY FOR HUN XEN TO LOOSE ANOTHER EYE AND BECOME A BEGAR IN HANOI!
And all his family and friend have aid!
As you wished, and that is exactly
what will happened to you both.
Cambodia has a lot of land for its population. Why is the government not doing anything to give hopes and a sense of ownership? Therefore alleviate some of their problems.
I would suggest the government allocate plots of land for those people they claim to live on state properties with the agreement that they must live there and will not sell the land. Once all the problem of landless/homeless is solved then the government can ease the rule of allowing them to move and sell their land. They must find solution to this problem, the sooner the better.
No problem, if you can get the US
government to do that for you and
your people, we will folow it,
okay? Until then, would you mind
Shut the fuck up?
You are an animal. Your reasoning is all fucked up. You deserved to live a cage not a house. Someday I will lock you up myself.
And what is so fucked up with my
reasoning?
And let me know whenever you're
ready to lock me up, alright?
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