Mondulkiri officials under fire for land encroachment

• Released Date: 21-Sep-2020

Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed with the results of the inter-ministerial working group on the study of illegal forest encroachment in protected areas in Mondulkiri province. But he has yet to issue a formal announcement after Minister of Interio

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Activists summoned in 2015 land dispute case in Preah Vihear

• Released Date: 10-Sep-2020

Preah Vihear Provincial Court prosecutor Phy Sithorng issued a summons for four forest activists to appear in court on September 14 over charges of incitement to commit a felony after PNT Co Ltd filed a complaint against them concerning a 2015 land

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Villager representatives questioned in land dispute case

• Released Date: 09-Sep-2020

The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on September 8 questioned two plaintiffs representing a group of families who filed a lawsuit against four officials and 13 local businessmen alleging that they engaged in bribery and forged documents to claim o

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Man’s land re-claimed at historic site

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2020

The Apsara National Authority (ANA) and the Siem Reap provincial administration removed a structure belonging to Khun Sokhorn on Tuesday because they said it encroached on the Trapaing He Phka archaeological site in Siem Reap town’s Chreav commune.

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Border fact-finding in progress: Tboung Khmum officials probe claims of land losses

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2020

Tboung Khmum provincial authorities are inspecting border areas in Ponhea Krek district and identifying residents there following a report that more than 100 villagers lost their land after the border demarcation with Vietnam was completed.

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Families file complaint in long-running land dispute with businessman

• Released Date: 02-Sep-2020

A group of families in Banteay Meanchey province filed a lawsuit on August 5 against four officials and 13 local businessmen alleging they used forged documents to claim ownership of more than 100 hectares of land in a long-running conflict dating b

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Military officer arrested over land-clearing allegations

• Released Date: 27-Aug-2020

Police in Pursat province arrested a high-ranking military officer on Monday, accusing him of encroaching and clearing around 40 hectares of the state’s protected forest areas in Veal Veng district.

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Verifying the truth over border demarcation: PM orders probe into claims about lost land

• Released Date: 27-Aug-2020

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered Cambodia Border Affairs Committee chairman Var Kimhong to meet with villagers at the demarcated border areas in Tboung Khmum province, who claimed their farmlands have been lost to Vietnam.

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Commune chief to appear in court over land dispute

• Released Date: 12-Aug-2020

A deputy commune chief and a land trader were summoned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday to explain a 17ha dispute in Por Sen Chey district. Trapeang Krasang first deputy commune chief Sim Phoun and alleged land trader Chuy Tola were s

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Police to release 20 in T Khmum land dispute

• Released Date: 05-Aug-2020

Tbong Khmum provincial police plan to release 20 of 21 protestors on Wednesday, after they were detained for occupying land owned by a Chinese company in Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune. The release comes after two days of questioning.

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Home buyers accuse general of defrauding them on land deals

• Released Date: 04-Aug-2020

After being cheated by a two-star general in a case related to buying flats and land, 27 families called on the authorities to find a solution because the general secretly sold the property to Prime MF Microfinance Ltd. Pich Sarath, the representat

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Police injured in land dispute, four detained

• Released Date: 03-Aug-2020

Preah Sihanouk police continued to question four suspects on Sunday in connection with using machinery to clear land in the Ream National Park area and assaulting authorities. Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesman Kheang Phearum told The Post on

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