Mong Reththy seen being decorated by Hun XenTuesday, 11 May 2010
Tep Nimol and Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
VILLAGERS in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district said Monday that surveyors over the weekend had begun measuring off land in two of three villages that stand to be affected by a concession granted to a rubber company owned by business tycoon Mong Reththy.
Local villager Gos Saly said surveyors had first appeared in Keo Seima district earlier this year on behalf of the Rithy Kiri Seima Rubber Plantation company, and that this past weekend they had ramped up measurement work for a proposed plantation that he said would occupy about 40 percent of the 8,000 hectares of land in the district’s O’Am, O’Rorna and O’Sneng villages.
“It is our land because we bought it in 1997. We have letters to prove this to local authorities, but we don’t have land titles,” he said.
Eng Neang, 51, another Keo Seima resident, said local authorities had assisted the rubber company in securing the concession, but had not bothered to assist local residents in securing land titles.
“We are not happy with the development company because they are oppressing us poor people. They have never helped us, and they are robbing our rice pot,” Eng Neang said.
“I think that the authorities have taken bribes from the company,” she added.
Mong Reththy said Monday that the government had granted the 5,000-hectare land concession to his company in 2007. The surveyors, he added, had measured off territory both for the rubber plantation and for a social land concession for the villagers, who he said were living on a protected wildlife preserve.
“The villagers are confused because this will benefit them and the authorities will provide them with land titles,” Mong Reththy said.
“They live in a wild animal shelter, and it would be easy for someone to pursue a complaint against those villagers with the authorities.”
Keo Seima district Governor Sin Van Vuth said Monday that local authorities would provide the villagers with land titles after the surveying process concluded.
“About 60 percent of those villagers cooperated with us, and there are two more villages that we will survey next time,” he said.
Mong Reththy was named in a report released on Monday by the watchdog group Global Witness, which linked him to sand mining projects in Koh Kong province that the group says are destroying the livelihoods of local fishermen.
Local villager Gos Saly said surveyors had first appeared in Keo Seima district earlier this year on behalf of the Rithy Kiri Seima Rubber Plantation company, and that this past weekend they had ramped up measurement work for a proposed plantation that he said would occupy about 40 percent of the 8,000 hectares of land in the district’s O’Am, O’Rorna and O’Sneng villages.
“It is our land because we bought it in 1997. We have letters to prove this to local authorities, but we don’t have land titles,” he said.
Eng Neang, 51, another Keo Seima resident, said local authorities had assisted the rubber company in securing the concession, but had not bothered to assist local residents in securing land titles.
“We are not happy with the development company because they are oppressing us poor people. They have never helped us, and they are robbing our rice pot,” Eng Neang said.
“I think that the authorities have taken bribes from the company,” she added.
Mong Reththy said Monday that the government had granted the 5,000-hectare land concession to his company in 2007. The surveyors, he added, had measured off territory both for the rubber plantation and for a social land concession for the villagers, who he said were living on a protected wildlife preserve.
“The villagers are confused because this will benefit them and the authorities will provide them with land titles,” Mong Reththy said.
“They live in a wild animal shelter, and it would be easy for someone to pursue a complaint against those villagers with the authorities.”
Keo Seima district Governor Sin Van Vuth said Monday that local authorities would provide the villagers with land titles after the surveying process concluded.
“About 60 percent of those villagers cooperated with us, and there are two more villages that we will survey next time,” he said.
Mong Reththy was named in a report released on Monday by the watchdog group Global Witness, which linked him to sand mining projects in Koh Kong province that the group says are destroying the livelihoods of local fishermen.
4 comments:
i don't think it's a case of corruption any longer, that was the past already; however, it is now a case of the rich have the mean to buy from the poors. of course, it is a case of money power. yes, in cambodia, money rules supreme! i think because of this, there ought to be a law in cambodia to penalized rich people taking advantage of the poors to change the meaning of money can't always buy everything! maybe it is also happening anywhere in the world, but let's demand that cambodia be the first to reform this mentality. in america, the rich is the opposite, i.e., they are actually humble and low-profile and very conservative in their appearance and presence, etc... why? well, because if they act like the rich in cambodia, they will get sued as lawyers and people are looking to sue people with money, especially if they do something illegal or against the american law, etc... cambodian rich's mentality should be like this, really! i say, rich people should give some back to the community and the nation in cambodia; it's the least they can do to help cambodia. i mean, c'mon, we all on the same boat in cambodia, so, if you don't take care of the boat or give it proper maintenance, guess what, it will eventually sink. so, the point is, rich people in cambodia should give back to the nation and community that helped them to be rich in the first place. enough already! stop being so greedy. we all only live once, with all due respect, rich people can't take their money with them when they die, you know! please think about helping the nation too. cambodia needs help with education, safe drinking water, healthcare, and other social services for the most vulnerable citizens. just look around you and you will see.
well, not all rich people in cambodia are that way, though! i know some rich people that actually contributed tirelessly into the community and nation. of course, i can't speak for some greedy business people like some we see here! not all are bad, though. got to treat everyone as an individual!
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Ok 9:40 pm
Well said - I support you. The quesstion - how can we get these rich people that is it their best interest for them to help the poor, if they want to die in peace in their motherland. Otherwise, the red Khmers will born again...and they are ready to take down the elite-just like the red-shirt in Thai now.
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