CPP Romeas Hek district chief sacked for losing commune seats to the HRP

លោក ហែន សាគុណ អភិបាលស្រុករមាសហែក

លោក ហែន សាគុណ អភិបាលស្រុក រមាសហែកអាចនឹង ត្រូវផ្លាស់ប្ដូរឆាប់ៗនេះ

Saturday, 28 July 2012
ដោយៈ គុជ វិភាគ
DAP-news

មូលហេតុ ដ៏សំខាន់ ទី២. នោះគឺដោយសារ តែការ បោះឆ្នោត ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា ឃុំ-សង្កាត់កន្លងមក ក្នុង ចំណោម ក្រុង២ និង ស្រុក៦ របស់ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង គឺមាន តែស្រុក រមាសហែក មួយគត់ ដែល បាន បង់ អសនៈ ក្រុម ប្រឹក្សា ឃុំ អស់ចំនួន ៨អាសនៈ ទៅឲ្យ គណបក្ស សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ដូច្នោះ អ្នកដែល ទទួល ខុសត្រូវ ដំបូងគេ គឺអភិបាល ស្រុកនេះឯង

ស្វាយរៀងៈ នៅទីបំផុតពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាមកន្លងមក ដែលនិយាយថា នឹងមានការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរលោក ហែន សាគុណ អភិបាលស្រុករមាសហែកឲ្យមកបម្រើការ នៅសាលាខេត្តស្វាយរៀងនោះ វាអាចនឹងក្លាយជា ការពិតហើយ នេះបើយោងតាមប្រភពដ៏គួរឲ្យទុកចិត្តមួយបាន ប្រាប់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលព័ត៌មានដើមអម្ពិលឲ្យ ដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ ទី២៧ ខែកក្កដា។

ប្រភពដ៏គួរឲ្យទុកចិត្តនោះ បានប្រាប់ឲ្យដឹងថា ការដោះដូរលោក ហែន សាគុណ វាអាចជាការពិតស្ទើរ តែ១០០ភាគរយទៅហើយ ដោយខាងខេត្តកំពុងតែពិចារណារកមនុស្សមកដាក់ជំនួស ដែលក្នុងនោះ មានមន្រ្តីមកពីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ មន្រ្តីសាលាខេត្តស្វាយរៀង និងមន្រ្តីនគរបាលជាន់ខ្ពស់ នៃស្នងការដ្ឋាន នគរបាលខេត្តស្វាយរៀងម្នាក់។

Villagers gather to block tycoon’s firm [-An Maradi is contributing to Hun Xen's predicted land revolution!!!]

Thursday, 19 January 2012
Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post

In the latest chapter of a long-running land dispute between villagers in Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district and a prominent tycoon’s rubber company, about 180 residents who have refused to resettle protested yesterday after a company bulldozer razed a villager’s barn on Monday.

Resident Ros Srey Mao, 27, told the Post that villagers gathered to block the Peam Cheang Rubber Plantation Company, owned by business tycoon An Maradi, from bulldozing more property.

“This land belongs to our villagers, but in 2007, An Mardi’s company took our land,” she said.

Land Dispute: Villagers in Svay Rieng demonstrate

Tuesday, 04 May 2010
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post

About 200 residents of Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district staged a protest in front of the district police office on Monday to demand the release of a representative who was arrested in the morning in connection with a land dispute involving a rubber company. Pao Chhat, one of the protesters, said Yea Yeoung had been arrested one day after he and 100 residents of Tras commune gathered in front of the Peam Chaing Rubber Company in an effort to convince the company to reopen a road that had been cut off for five days. “We want to ask district police why they arrested him. They should arrest all of the villagers because we went together. It wasn’t just him,” he said. Roughly 400 families in Romeas Hek have accused the company of impinging on their cassava and cashew plantations. Representatives said they filed a complaint with the district governor against the company in December 2009 but have yet to receive a response. District police chief Chum Ry accused Yea Yeoung of threatening military police during Sunday’s protest. Company owner Neang Sarin could not be reached for comment.

Svray Rieng villagers under death threat for protesting land dispute

26 December 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer

Villagers from Romeas Hek district, Svay Rieng province, indicated that they are threatened with arrest and death when they stood up to protest against a company that cleared lands and destroyed the villagers’ crop.

About 100 Cambodian villagers from Ta Suos village, Tros commune, Romeas Hek district, Svay Rieng province, claimed that a number of villagers where threatened with shooting and killing, arrest, and sending to jail when they prevented machineries from the Peam Chaing rubber plantation company from clearing lands and destroying large number of hectares of their cassava and cashew crops.

Yea Yeng, a Ta Suos villager, declared that large number of hectares of cassava and cashew crops were destroyed from the rubber plantation company’s land clearing operation.

Yea Yeng said: “This morning, 70 to 80 villagers went to protest, to stop them from continuing their land clearing. They did not agree, they scorned us and they wanted to shoot us. They threatened to handcuff us.”

Chhum Chham, another villager, indicated that the situation is very tense right now: “Nowadays, it is very difficult. The villagers are not allowed to take their animals out for grazing. Where should we go look? There is no place for our buffaloes to graze, all our lands are gone, the villagers have nothing now. Our meager vegetable crops were destroyed, that’s why the villagers cannot take it anymore.”

Another villager chimed in: “Our cassava crops are destroyed, that was why we went to stop them. They wanted to beat us up. We surrounded them, not allowing them to beat us. They said that they will beat us and they will handcuff us and send us to jail.”

Regarding the villagers’ accusations above, Pen Ny Den, the deputy director of the Svay Rieng-based Peam Chaing rubber plantation company, said that he did not know about this case.

Pen Ny Den said: “I was actually near there, but I did not know the details. I don’t know if the land was cleared or not because I am in Kampong Som now.”

Nget Nara, a facilitator for the Adhoc human rights organization, said: “We call on the local authority to pay attention and provide appropriate safety to the villagers.”

Victims of the destruction indicated that they came to live in this area since 1979. In 2007, the Peam Chaing rubber plantation company came and laid claim to the ownership of the villagers’ lands.

The company brought in 3 mechanical land clearing equipments to clear the land and to destroy numerous hectares of grown cassava and cashew crops belonging to the villagers.

The villagers and the local authority indicated that the company laid claim to 3,960 hectares of land for rubber plantation. Several hundreds of families from 5 villages are currently concerned about the grabbing of their lands in the near future. The five villages include: Ta Suos, Boeung, Tros, M’reak Teab and Trapaing Peay villages. They are all located in Romeas Hek district, Svay Rieng province.

Land protesters forcibly removed from peaceful vigil outside Cambodia's National Assembly

October 17, 2007
Licadho

"This action by the authorities was unlawful and they clearly knew this – it's why they did this at night, under the cover of darkness"

On October 16, shortly before 7pm, approximately 80 police and military police - some armed with pistols - surrounded a group of about 200 Svay Rieng villagers camped in the park outside Wat Botum near the former National Assembly. The villagers, who had only arrived at the park a few hours earlier, were forced into vehicles including two buses and sent back to Svay Rieng.

According to witnesses, some of the villagers were beaten during the raid on the park, and two persons were later taken to hospital unconscious. NGO workers were blocked by authorities from entering the area, but heard cries coming from the villagers.

"This action by the authorities was unlawful and they clearly knew this – it's why they did this at night, under the cover of darkness," said LICADHO president Kek Galabru. "To beat and abduct people, and forcibly take them back to their province in the middle of the night, is appalling."

The protesters said they represented 500 families from Tros commune in Romeas Hek district of Svay Rieng whose land has been taken by the Peam Chaing rubber company. They said they came to the capital to seek help from Prime Minister Hun Sen, and other government and National Assembly officials, after their complaints to local authorities in Svay Rieng had produced no result. Earlier on Tuesday, they had gathered outside the Prime Minister's house but – after authorities insisted they leave – they moved to the park outside Wat Botum in the afternoon.

"These people from Svay Rieng were committing no crime and, under the Constitution, had every right to come to Phnom Penh to seek help from their government and elected officials," said Kek Galabru. "The responsibility of the government was to listen to their complaints and try to resolve them fairly – not to just kick them out of Phnom Penh."

In the past many other victims of land grabbing have resorted to travelling to Phnom Penh to protest and lobby the government. This current action was unacceptable and a blatant violation of Cambodians' Constitutional rights to freedom of expression and assembly, with most gatherings being dispersed by the authorities.

LICADHO strongly condemns the night time violent abduction and deportation by authorities in Phnom Penh of land protesters who had come to the capital from Svay Rieng province.

LICADHO urges an immediate government investigation to identify all of the police and other personnel who participated in last night's deportation, and who ordered it. Commanders who ordered their subordinates to participate should be immediately suspended from their official duties, and all personnel who were responsible for the crimes committed during the deportation should be prosecuted.