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Boeung Kak lake dispute ‘closed
- Released Date: 28-Apr-2017
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday washed its hands of the decadelong contentious Boeung Kak lake issue, saying it was closing its conflict resolution process, leaving seven families who had refused to accept the governments offers in the lurch.
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Land activists detained by security guards
- Released Date: 27-Apr-2017
Eight land activists were detained by Daun Penh security forces yesterday after they attempted to hand over a petition to the World Bank asking the organization to suspend all aid to Cambodia.
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Boeung Kak rally: Eight held in capital over WB protest
- Released Date: 27-Apr-2017
Daun Penh district security guards briefly arrested eight women outside World Bank headquarters yesterday morning during a peaceful demonstration for Phnom Penhs Boeung Kak community.
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Villagers, soldiers in land battle
- Released Date: 11-Apr-2017
Villagers involved in a long-running land dispute in Kratie provinces Sambor district have prevented soldiers from building a fence around disputed land that the army intends to use as a sniper training ground.
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Protesters gather at Hun Sens house over SLCs
- Released Date: 05-Apr-2017
Nearly 100 people from Battambang provinces Banan and Bavel districts demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Hun Sens home and the Ministry of Land Management yesterday, demanding the government remove soldiers allegedly occupying their social land
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Adhoc accuses Ratanakkiri official of OKing sale of sanctuary land
- Released Date: 04-Apr-2017
Some 200 hectares of forest in Ratanakkiris Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary have been cleared and sold for up to $400 per hectare – allegedly with an officials blessing – while an additional 700 hectares around the protected area face clearing.
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Villagers reject City Hall offer
- Released Date: 30-Mar-2017
Chroy Changvar peninsula land disputants yesterday delivered a petition to the Ministry of Land Management rejecting City Halls proposal to take away 90 percent of their land for the development of a satellite city.
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Ministry miffed over land dispute presser
- Released Date: 27-Mar-2017
The Ministry of Commerce has criticised three non-governmental organisations for holding a news conference to draw attention to a decade-old land dispute, saying it jeopardised “the reputation, social order, peace, solidarity and national unity of Ca
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Villagers issue new calls to solve old land dispute
- Released Date: 22-Mar-2017
Villagers from Oddar Meanchey used a news conference yesterday to appeal for government action to return land at the centre of a years-old dispute with sugar companies.
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Three held over state land clearing
- Released Date: 22-Mar-2017
Authorities in Kampong Thom provinces Santuk district arrested three men yesterday, accusing them of being among a group who had allegedly encroached illegally on state land.
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Residents protest at road plans
- Released Date: 16-Mar-2017
A group of 70 people from six communities in Phnom Penh have petitioned City Hall to clarify how the construction of rail side roads will affect them, amid fears they could lose their homes.
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Chroy Changva Families Submit Petition to PM
- Released Date: 16-Mar-2017
A group of Phnom Penh residents who have refused to accept compensation offered for land sold by the government for development in 2013 on Wednesday delivered a petition seeking Prime Minister Hun Sens intervention.
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