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More set to leave Borei Keila
- Released Date: 07-Feb-2018
Two more families have accepted compensation to leave the Borei Keila area to make room for development, as the long-running land dispute creeps ever closer to an end.
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UN help sought in land dispute
- Released Date: 07-Feb-2018
Human rights representatives from NGO Adhoc and the United Nations have been asked to intervene in a land dispute between villagers and an army lieutenant they say was granted a land title illegally inside a protected community forest in Oddar Meanch
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Sesan villagers seek land titles
- Released Date: 07-Feb-2018
Families forced to relocate due to the construction of the Lower Sesan II Dam are asking Stung Treng provincial authorities to register their new village as indigenous collective lands.
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Stung Treng officials crack down on dredging site
- Released Date: 05-Feb-2018
Stung Treng provincial authorities on Friday shut down an illegal sand dredging operation on the Sesan River and confiscated equipment after having warned the company to cease operations since December, officials said yesterday.
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Mines Ministry alleges slander
- Released Date: 05-Feb-2018
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has accused a Kandal province businessman of defamation and operating an illegal digging site, a few weeks after he allegedly shot into the ground to scare off officials trying to inspect his land.
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Borei Keila members told to stop protests
- Released Date: 02-Feb-2018
On Wednesday, representatives from seven families gathered in front of the house of Suy Sophan, the owner of Phanimex, to demand what they deem just compensation for vacating their homes to make way for the companys development project. They submitte
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Borei Keila row goes on
- Released Date: 01-Feb-2018
Nine remaining families in the Borei Keila community began protesting outside the house of Suy Siphan yesterday to demand that her Phan Imex company keep its promise and provide appropriate compensation to end their long-running land dispute.
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Borei Keila holdout community shrinking
- Released Date: 31-Jan-2018
With one of their representatives leaving the last standing Borei Keila building yesterday and three more families accepting compensation on Monday, the remaining holdouts in one of Cambodias longest-running and highest-profile land disputes say thei
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Holdouts in Borei Keila accept compensation
- Released Date: 24-Jan-2018
Borei Keila is one of the longest-running land conflicts in the country, with development company Phanimex having agreed in 2004 to build 10 buildings in the area for residents to relocate to in exchange for the land they lived on, but building only
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Preah Sihanouk land brokers given warning
- Released Date: 19-Jan-2018
Preah Sihanouks provincial governor on Wednesday warned that legal action would be taken against any brokers trying to grab land in the Kbal Chhay area, where it is prohibited to build property or sell land plots.
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Borei Keila families take compensation
- Released Date: 18-Jan-2018
The dispute originated in 2004 when residents in Borei Keila were asked to move from their homes to make space for a project undertaken by the developer Phanimex. At the time, the company had agreed to build 10 new buildings on site to relocate displ
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Villagers say military official who took their land now wants $20K
- Released Date: 17-Jan-2018
A military lieutenant who sued 13 families in Oddar Meancheys Anlong Veng district for allegedly grabbing his land is now demanding $20,000 in compensation, though villagers deny the accusation and it remains unclear as to how the official initially
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