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Ministry of Justice Takes a Further Eight Hectares of Boeung Tamok
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
The government has cut another eight hectares from Boeung Tamok, handing the land to the Ministry of Justice to construct another building for storing documents, according to a sub-decree issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sept. 25, 2020. Chin Ma
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Mondulkiri Official Removed from Post due to Illegal Forest Occupation
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
The Cambodian government has removed Sin Vanvuth as the governor of Kaoh Nheaek District in Mondulkiri Province after he was found to be involved in illegal encroachment on state land. However, rather than face punishment, Vanvuth has been handed a
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Governor Won’t Intervene in Grand Phnom Penh Borey Dispute
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
Chip Mong’s plan to fill a 10-hectare pond in Grand Phnom Penh in Sen Sok District is private property and City Hall has no right to intervene, according to the city’s governor. Responding to the representatives of 140 families who are protesting
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Mondulkiri District Governor Transferred Over Illegal Land Grabbing
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
The first of 10 Mondulkiri public officials implicated in illegal land grabbing in the province has been transferred from his position — a warning to others, according to a government spokesperson, but for local rights monitors a sign of continuing
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Ministry refuses petition as 1,000 protest over land disputes
- Released Date: 06-Oct-2020
Officials at the Land Management Ministry declined to accept a petition from nearly 1,000 protesters who had gathered outside the building on September 21 to demand a resolution to their long-running land disputes in several provinces. The village
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Armed Guards Descend on Protesters From Luxury Gated Community
- Released Date: 05-Oct-2020
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Suspend development projects destroying the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands
- Released Date: 25-Sep-2020
The research report, Smoke on the Water: A human rights and social impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands, has found that millions of Cambodians will likely be affected by the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetl
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Land Management Ministry Dismisses Demands of Protesters
- Released Date: 25-Sep-2020
After an estimated 400 protesters blocked the road outside the Ministry of Land Management in Phnom Penh, ministry officials have claimed there is no legal basis to the protesters’ grievances.
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NGO asks interior minister to lend a hand in Kampong Speu forest land protection
- Released Date: 22-Sep-2020
Anti-Corruption, Natural Resource Protection and Civil Rights Protection (ACNCIPO) director Chea Hean said on Monday he is requesting help from Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to protect more than 150ha in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. Hean sai
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Man grilled over land clearing in Preah Sihanouk
- Released Date: 22-Sep-2020
Preah Sihanouk provincial police questioned a man on Wednesday in connection with land clearing at the multi-use areas of Prek Teuk Sap Kbal Chhay in Prey Nop district’s Bit Traing commune. Deputy provincial police chief Kol Phaly, who is in charge
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Ministry dismisses protestors, says they lack legal basis for land claims
- Released Date: 22-Sep-2020
The Ministry of Land Management yesterday said that the villagers who came to protest outside their offices in the capital over land disputes either had already had resolutions delivered or lacked any legal basis for complaint.
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Cambodia’s investment authority affirms UDG is not China’s state-owned company
- Released Date: 22-Sep-2020
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday voiced great disappointment over the United States sanctions against Chinese owned Union Development Group, pleading with the US to reconsider its decision against the Chinese company in Ca
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