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Sugar companys compensation deals leave families bitter in Kampong Speu
- Released Date: 16-Jun-2016
In 2010, more than 1,500 families in Kampong Speus Oral district were evicted from the land they had cultivated since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 to make way for a Phnom Penh Sugar Company mega-plantation.
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New online tool shows eco-impact of land use decisions
- Released Date: 16-Jun-2016
NGO Winrock International yesterday launched an online interactive tool that shows the environmental impact of land use decisions, allowing the government to review the effects of policies on the eco-system.
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Govt halts building of Koh Rong island port
- Released Date: 15-Jun-2016
A Sihanoukville provincial coastal working group has ordered tycoon Kith Mengs Royal Group to stop building a port on Koh Rong, saying the development was illegal.
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403 Kratie families seek land titles
- Released Date: 15-Jun-2016
Thirty people representing 403 families in a land dispute in Kampong Damrei commune, in Kratie provinces Chhlong district, filed a petition at the Ministry of Land Management yesterday asking for land titles after armed provincial authorities cleared
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Petitions filed after minister vows to solve land disputes
- Released Date: 14-Jun-2016
About 80 people representing families in three different land disputes gathered to file petitions in front of the Ministry of Land Management yesterday.
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Land activists are ‘political, paid, says Phnom Penh gov
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2016
Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong has called on unnamed politicians to stop using Boeung Kak, Borei Keila and SOS land activists for political demonstrations.
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Three men charged with fraud in failed land deal
- Released Date: 13-Jun-2016
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday charged three brokers with fraud after they allegedly failed to buy a parcel of land for an investor after taking $900,000 from her to make the purchase.
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Preah Vihear villagers seize companys bulldozers
- Released Date: 10-Jun-2016
Authorities in Preah Vihear provinces Chheb district yesterday backed villagers who seized bulldozers owned by a Chinese company that was clearing community land and has long been embroiled in land disputes in the area, according to local residents.
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Borei Keila evictees seek more compensation
- Released Date: 09-Jun-2016
Ten former Borei Keila residents who were relocated to a site in Kandal provinces Ponhea Leu district known as Phnom Bat filed a petition with the Ministry of Land Management yesterday requesting they either be given $5,000 and moved back to Phnom Pe
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ING project prompts request for land titles
- Released Date: 08-Jun-2016
Ten people representing 380 families who fear they will be affected by an ING Holdings project in the south of Phnom Penh yesterday submitted a letter to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Development and Construction requesting that the villager
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Trio accused of clearing Mondulkiri land released on bail
- Released Date: 08-Jun-2016
The Mondulkiri Provincial Court yesterday released on bail three ethnic Phnong villagers charged with illegally clearing state land on the condition that they agree not to return to their homes and farms.
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Woman arrested over Kratie land protests
- Released Date: 07-Jun-2016
A woman was arrested in Kratie on Sunday for allegedly obstructing public officials while protesting the seizure of her and 64 other families land, which is slated to be given away as part of a social land concession.
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