Publication : Press Release

The Cambodian League for Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemn the sudden violent eviction of 117 families in Commune 4, Mittapheap District, Sithanoukville. On the morning of April 20, 2007, some 150 military police and police officers armed with guns, eletric batons and tear gas, raided the disputed land, burning down 80 houses and demolishing the remaining 26 houses. The evicted families were not permitted to remove possessions from their houses before they were destroyed.

Information Source : Sihanoukville Land Eviction: 13 Arrested Should be Released and a Social Land Concession Given to Poor Families

• LICADHO