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Boeung Kak activists sentenced
- Released Date: 02-Apr-2019
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced each of four Boeung Kak land activists to one year in prison and a two million riel ($500) fine on Monday for intentional acts of violence. But the four women have long regarded the charge as unjust.
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Arrest warrant issued against land broker
- Released Date: 01-Apr-2019
Kandal Provincial Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against a businesswoman who allegedly cheated another businesswoman out of $350,000 in a fake land sale involving 120 hectares in Saang district in 2017.
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Villagers questioned over bulldozers
- Released Date: 01-Apr-2019
Preah Vihear Provincial Court has begun questioning seven Kuoy indigenous villagers and two NGO staffers over the confiscation of two bulldozers owned by Chinese sugar company Lan Feng during a land dispute in Tbeng Meanchey districts Brame commune i
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Two men injured by homemade grenades
- Released Date: 21-Mar-2019
Two men were seriously injured by homemade grenades in separate incidents in Battambang and Ratanakkiri provinces on Monday and Tuesday, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) reported.
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Boeung Kak activists stand trial for ‘intentional assault
- Released Date: 14-Mar-2019
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday heard a case of intentional violence against four Boeung Kak community activists following an incident two years ago in which a woman, Sat Pha, alleges she was assaulted and had $300 and a mobile phone take
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Evictees speak of hopelessness
- Released Date: 14-Mar-2019
Ouk Chetana, a 39-year-old mother of two, sits on a bamboo bed in a temporary home after the house she had lived in since 2009 was destroyed by authorities, as the village she shared with some 200 other families was deemed to have encroached on state
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Mitr Phol disputants file complaint to UK government against Bonsucro
- Released Date: 12-Mar-2019
Alleged victims of land grabbing in Oddar Meanchey province have filed a formal complaint to the UK government against Bonsucro, the sugar industrys sustainability certification body, accusing it of breaches of Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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Task force formed to resolve land disputes in Preah Sihanouk
- Released Date: 11-Mar-2019
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has set up a working group in Preah Sihanouk province to resolve land disputes in the Poy Machov and Prek Teuk Sap Kbal Chhay areas.
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Ethnic cultural centre in land dispute
- Released Date: 06-Mar-2019
A Bunong ethnic community representative on Tuesday claimed Mondulkiri provincial officials have not begun measuring land for the Hill Tribes Cultural Centre in the Phnom Dos Kramom mountain area even though they had received an order to do so from P
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Kratie authorities clamp down on eight illegal gold mining operations
- Released Date: 26-Feb-2019
Eight goldmines in OTron village in Kratie provinces Sambor district were filled in by a provincial sub-committee taskforce on Friday and Saturday as part of a crackdown on the illegal extraction of natural resources.
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Families stuck in Oddar Meanchey land row seek solution from PM, ministry
- Released Date: 26-Feb-2019
Fourteen families in Oddar Meanchey provinces OSmach commune on Friday sent a letter to Chea Sophara, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, asking him to intervene in their land dispute with military officials.
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Soldier suspended over land dispute violence
- Released Date: 20-Feb-2019
A Preah Sihanouk military commander yesterday said that a soldier, who was involved in a violent crackdown during a land dispute in Prey Nop district last month, has been suspended.
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