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Authorities arrest four over alleged clearing of state land along Thai-Cambodia border
- Released Date: 18-Nov-2020
Oddar Meanchey provincial police arrested four residents from Anlong Veng district yesterday, for allegedly using machinery to clear state land illegally. However, the four in question have denied the allegations, claiming that the land which they
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Residents of a District in Phnom Penh Have 10 Days to Remove Home Extensions on Public Space
- Released Date: 04-Nov-2020
The Por Senchey District authorities in Phnom Penh have issued an order to the effect that residents in the district have 10 days to dismantle any structure in front of their homes or buildings that infringe on public streets or areas along streets
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Reckless Development: The Loss of Phnom Penh’s Wetlands Puts the City at Risk
- Released Date: 23-Oct-2020
In the first part of our series on the sustainability of Phnom Penh’s urbanization, we take an in-depth look at the filling-in of wetlands and lakes throughout the city and the potential flood risk this poses, as well as the services that wetlands p
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Dispute over ‘communal’ land in Phnom Penh
- Released Date: 21-Oct-2020
Over 600 residents living at 7NG Group’s gated community in Chaom Chao II commune, in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have protested the sale of a park in the area which has historically been used as a communal space. Their representative Nop Ph
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Families concerned over eviction in development linked to tycoon
- Released Date: 14-Oct-2020
Prey Nop district, Preah Sihanouk province – Before leaving her village on the morning of October 12, a 41-year-old fisherwoman was chatting with her neighbors over concerns that they could be forcibly evicted from their land without compensation.
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Sihanoukville land dispute has long trail of shady dealings
- Released Date: 14-Oct-2020
A group of 120 families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Kampong Seila district have sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen seeking his intervention in their land dispute. The families are requesting land titles so they can use the land for their live
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NGOs Decry Mondulkiri Land Grabs, Call for End to Culture of Impunity
- Released Date: 09-Oct-2020
The government has, on Oct. 7, been accused of double-standards by prominent local NGOs after a number of officials in Mondulkiri Province faced light punishments for their roles in a series of land grabs. This culture of impunity, the NGOs said, ne
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Ten identified in Mondulkiri land dispute
- Released Date: 09-Oct-2020
An investigating judge at the Mondulkiri Provincial Court has identified 10 suspects related to the case of Major General Pov Sothearan which involves the clearance of forest in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam commune. Provincial court spokesman Meas Pr
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Three commune chiefs reprimanded for landgrabs
- Released Date: 09-Oct-2020
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has ordered provincial governor Svay Sam Eang to take action against the commune chiefs in O’Raing and Keo Seima districts because they were involved with illegal logging and forestland clearing. The officials were Thvan
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Police officer jailed over 41-hectare land grab
- Released Date: 08-Oct-2020
Mondulkiri Provincial Court has charged and jailed a senior police officer for allegedly clearing and encroaching about 41 hectares of protected forestland in the province.
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Siem Reap Province Gives People 10 Days to Remove Houses or Stalls Illegally Built along Roads or Canals
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
The Siem Reap Provincial Administration issued a warning on Sept. 24 to the effect that people whose buildings infringe on public land along roads, on sidewalks, in or along canals and the Siem Reap River have 10 days to remove their property before
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Villagers Detained After Camping Outside Koh Kong Hall in Protest
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
Four Koh Kong villagers were detained for about 12 hours after camping outside the provincial hall in a group of about 60 land protesters since Monday, they said. The group say they are in a 12-year-long dispute with the Union Development Group, or
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