By Son Chhay
On August 8, 2011, SRP MP Son Chhay met with indigenous Kachak community in Kanard village of Taleav district, Ratanakiri to listen to their complaint over land lost and the destruction of the forest by Vietnamese companies.
There has been at least three Vietnamese companies operating under the name of Heng Development, Veasna Investment and Heng Brothers. All these companies received forest land concessions from Hun Sen government in Andong Meas district where many indigenous communities such as Jarai, Tompun and Kachak have been forced out off their ancestor land and forest.
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| SRP MP Son Chhay took note on a complaint from Kachak man on how the Viet company took away his land. |
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| Son Chhay listen to another Kachak man on Viet intrusion on his land |
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| SRP provincial councilor Seng Mardi was showing photos he took to Kachak women in Kanad village, in Ratanakiri. Seng Mardi has been working tirelessly as Party technical official to help MP Son Chhay on Agriculture and Health projects to enable SRP party to draw up policy in these areas. |
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| SRP provincial councilor and a senator candidate Seng Mardi showing the photos to Kachak women at a remote village of Kanard in Taleav district. |
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| RFA's Ratha Visal (second from left) was interviewing Kachak people over their loss land. |
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| A school which was built by an international organization to provide education to Jarai people was abandoned after all the villagers were removed by a Viet company. The land around the school is now ready for plantation. Without land and a village to go to, indigenous Tompuon now have to hide themselves in the forest a few kilometers away which will be cleared by the companies also. |
Out of sight, but not out of mind!
ReplyDeleteThey will all vote for CPP and things will be better for them in ???? years time
ReplyDeleteThose are suffering will turn to SRP and those who stole from the people will turn to the CPP youns slave for more land concession and blood money. Soon everything will be youns and Khmer will become homeless in there own home land. We all should look at the CPP ans say when will Khmer be free....
ReplyDeleteCambodia will become Nambodia, Thanks Samdech Decho Hun Sen and Chamteav Bun Rany Hun Sen who have been working very hard on TV and also allow Vietnamese grabbing Cambodian land. The army and navy are worried free to the Cambodian border/Vietnam because there is no border.
ReplyDeleteChey Yo Samdech Hun Sen, you became Samdech because you know how to get YOUN behind you.