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Villagers summoned over land dispute in Preah Sihanouk
- Released Date: 04-Sep-2019
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court summoned a senior NGO official and 22 villagers in Prey Nop district for questioning over a land dispute with prominent tycoon Ly Yong Phat and Hong Suon, the wife of tycoon Siev Kong Triv.
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Ministry official questioned over suspected illegal ELCs
- Released Date: 22-Aug-2019
A Mondulkiri provincial prosecutor questioned Lor Raksmey, an under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in illegally granting economic land concessions (ELCs) covering 9,74
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Threats mount as Borei Keila holdout families protest coming eviction
- Released Date: 22-Aug-2019
Around 14 families from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila neighbourhood gathered on Thursday outside Prampi Makara district hall to protest their imminent eviction.
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Court charges man for allegedly instigating Kampong Thom land grab
- Released Date: 19-Jun-2020
A man was charged and detained by Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday over allegations of inciting villagers to grab more than 200 hectares of state-protected flooded forestland in the province.
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NRWPO call for probe into alleged land grab in sanctuary
- Released Date: 22-Aug-2019
The director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) requested the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday order an investigation into an alleged land grab in Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral districts Trapaing Chor com
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Koh Kong villagers deny dispute resolved
- Released Date: 21-Aug-2019
Representatives of villagers who are locked in a land dispute with Heng Huy Agriculture Group in Koh Kong province have denied a press release from the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, which said the dispute had already b
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Koh Kong villagers seek US intervention in land dispute
- Released Date: 16-Aug-2019
Representative of 26 families involved in a long-standing land dispute with a Chinese-owned company in Koh Kong province gathered at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Thursday to deliver their petition seeking its intervention.
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PP governor orders families to relocate for canal restoration
- Released Date: 08-Aug-2019
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng has ordered families living on the Boeung Trabek sewage canal in Chamkarmon district to temporarily move their home while the authorities restores it to prevent flooding during the rainy season.
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Ministry official probed for attempted land grab
- Released Date: 06-Aug-2019
An official in Mondulkiri province has said the ministries of Interior, and Environment are investigating Ministry of Justice undersecretary of state Seng Sovannara on suspicion of faking documents to grab land in the Phnom Prich and Keo Seima Wildli
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Five arrested in Kampong Speu on suspicion of illegally selling peoples land
- Released Date: 06-Aug-2019
Five suspects were being questioned by Kampong Speu provincial Military Police at its headquarters on Monday after they were arrested the previous day in Oudong districts Preah Sre commune on suspicion of being involved in selling other peoples land
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National Authority to probe land dispute on prime ministers order
- Released Date: 05-Aug-2019
The National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution and Battambang provincial authorities will launch an investigation on Monday into an ongoing land dispute between tycoon Lim Tealeng and Chan Hoeu in Kors Kralor districts Preah Phos commune followin
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Govt sets land concession criteria
- Released Date: 05-Aug-2019
The government has set the criteria which must be met for long-term residents to be granted state property, and while civil society groups said it was a positive move, they asked the government to speed up the process of granting the land.
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