Land

Local authorities unaware of mangrove deforestation and sea construction in Koh Kong province

Local authorities in Koh Kong province claim that they are still unaware of the case of mangrove deforestation and construction of solid structures into the sea within its jurisdiction yet. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/09/local-authorities-not-yet-aware-of-the-case-of-mangrove-deforestation/

Multi-sectoral communities demand governments to address land, political, human rights, and employment crises

Land, political, labor, market, agricultural and social rights crises are being addressed by people from diverse communities, demanding that the government address them for the benefit of their livelihoods protected by law. ...

Nhim Sokhon
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/03/communities-call-on-government-to-resolve-land-political-human-rights-and-employment-crises/

250 families near Ta Mok Lake complain to US Embassy for intervention to settle their land disputes

About 30 people representing 250 families living next to Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, gathered on Thursday filed a petition at the US Embassy in Cambodia to intervene in their land dispute after no solution from the Cambodian authorities. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/03/250-families-near-ta-mok-lake-complain-to-us-embassy-for-intervention-to-settle-their/

Document suggests state land sale to tycoon at discount Price

Hundreds of hectares in Mondulkiri were sold to a major tycoon’s family for as low as 600 riel per square meter, a government document suggests, and is facing protests from existing residents. ...

Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/document-suggests-state-land-sale-to-tycoon-at-discount-price/

Bunong claim gov’t gave their land away

Indigenous people representing nearly 100 families in Sen Monorom commune, O’Raing district, Mondulkiri province, have filed a complaint against the authorities for granting 255 hectares of their land to a private company for investment and development as a natural tourism area. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178877/bunong-claim-govt-gave-their-land-away/

Mondulkiri solves its biggest land dispute

An outside the court settlement was made in the biggest land dispute in Mondulkiri province had seen since 2019. Bousra commune chief Yeut Savin said yesterday that land disputes involving three companies – Varanasi Economic Land Concession Company, Socfin-KCD Company, Kovipama Company – and indigenous ...

Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178068/mondulkiri-solves-its-biggest-land-dispute/

Land dispute representatives in Siem Reap disappointed after district authorities failed to meet

Representatives of 210 families in Sna Sangkram village, Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province, are disappointed that the governor of Prasat Bakong district did not visit the people involved in chronic land issues as promised, while the district authorities claimed that he did not promise ...

Pa Sokheng
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/01/land-dispute-representatives-in-siem-reap-disappointed-after-not-meet-district-authorities/

More than 200 families in Russey Keo district request development in place and land title as authorities ask them to relocate

244 families in Lor Kambor village, Sangkat Svay Pak, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, which affected by the road development project, request the development at the place and issue land title while the authorities ask the citizens to relocate. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/01/more-than-200-families-in-russey-keo-demand-development-in-locations-and-ownerships/

Land disputes settled through mediation

A long-term land dispute between indigenous villagers in Mondulkiri and a private company over community forests has been resolved in a ground-breaking mediation settlement – a first for Cambodia. ...

Thai Sothea
https://kiripost.com/stories/land-disputes-settled-through-mediation

Nearly 100 indigenous peoples in Mondulkiri province protest against authorities who taken their land

Nearly 100 indigenous people in Sen Monorom commune, Oreang district, Mondulkiri province, protested in front of the commune hall on Wednesday against authorities cutting their 255 hectares of land to Oknha. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/26/indigenous-in-mondulkiri-protest-against-authorities-who-take-their-land-to-another/

GMAC mobilising support for mine clearance

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has pledged to mobilise support from around 700 of its member companies for demining work in Cambodia, with a fund-raising event scheduled for November 17. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-mobilising-support-mine-clearance

India provides four mine-detection dogs to Cambodia

The Government of India has donated four mine-detection dogs and materials to the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) for its humanitarian activities. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176543/india-provides-four-mine-detection-dogs-to-cambodia/

Villagers demand to be paid for land sold to Apsara Authority

More than 100 people representing more than 200 families in Sna Sangkram village in Siem Reap’s Prasat Bakong district are demanding to be paid for their land sold to the Apsara Authority. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501174754/villagers-demand-to-be-paid-for-land-sold-to-apsara-authority/

Battambang provincial governor: natural resource crime and land disputes have been steadily declining

Sok Loo, Battambang provincial governor, told Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 23 that the crackdown on crime in the province included crackdowns crimes against natural resources, such as fishing and forestry, are steadily declining. ...

Keo Kereya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-25-0959-242702.html

200 families allege land loss for Angkor resettlement

More than 200 Siem Reap families say they are still owed compensation from the Apsara Authority for land being used to resettle displaced villagers from within the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...

Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/200-families-allege-land-loss-for-angkor-resettlement/

Representatives of 210 families protest at Siem Reap provincial hall demanding land compensation

More than 100 villagers claiming to represent more than 200 families in Prasat Bakong district,  Siem Reap province protest in front of the provincial hall on the morning of October 24 to demand fair land compensation as the market prices while officials have promised to ...

Pa Sokheng
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/24/representatives-of-210-families-protest-at-siem-reap-provincial-hall-demanding-land-compensation/

Prey Lang community asks government to revoke economic land concessions from companies

Prey Lang Community Network calls on the government to revoke the economic land concessions of companies in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary and the role of civil servants involved in crime and to strictly enforce the law to prevent crimes in this protected area, after ...

Khan Leakhena
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/20/prey-lang-community-asks-govt-to-revoke-economic-concessions-from-companies/

Citizens from two districts in Tbong Khmum province have submitted a petition to the relevant authorities to help resolve a long-running land dispute

More than 200 people from Memot and Tambor districts, Tbong Khmum province have filed a petition at Tbong Khmum Provincial Hall and appealed to the Court of Appeal to intervene in the years-long land dispute which makes their lives more difficult. ...

Kheang Sokmean
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/citizens-from-two-districts-in-tbong-khmum-province-have-submitted-a-petition-to-the-relevant-authorities-to-help-resolve-the-land-dispute/

PM meets with 3,200 families in Peak Sneng

As of October 22, a total of 9,065 families have agreed to voluntarily leave Angkor Archeological Park and other areas under the control of Apsara National Authority for the Run Ta Ek area in Banteay Srei district and Peak Sneng in Angkor Thom district. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-meets-3200-families-peak-sneng

Five provinces to declare mine-free not later than March 2023

Takeo, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, Kampot and Svay Rieng are expected to become mine-free provinces not later than March 2023. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501171771/five-provinces-to-declare-mine-free-not-later-than-march-2023/

PM orders end to Battambang-Pailin boundary dispute

Prime Minister Hun Sen has given the governors of Battambang and Pailin provinces two weeks to resolve the boundaries issue between the two, in order to make it easier for people to manage land ownership and register to vote. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-orders-end-battambang-pailin-boundary-dispute

Government cuts 67 hectares of Boeung Ta Mok to a director of a real estate company

The government, through a sub-decree, cut off 67 hectares of Boeung Ta Mok in Phnom Penh to a businessman who have ties to Prim Minister Hun Sen’s daughter. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/18/orkide-director-gets-67-hectares-on-boeng-tamok/

Koh Kong residents ask government to expedite land settlement as authorities accuse them of entering the protected land

Residents in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, ask the government to intervene with the  authorities to expedite the resolution of land disputes as soon as possible and transparently as the authorities accused them of illegally entering the Botum Sakor National Park. ...

Nat Sopheap
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/18/koh-kong-residents-ask-government-to-expedite-land-settlement/

70 families in Phnom Krom village, Siem Reap province demand for land titles

Seventy families in Phnom Krom village, Sangkat Siem Reap, Siem Reap city, have requested Siem Reap provincial authorities to grant them land titles as they claim the land is in dispute with soldiers. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/10/70-families-in-phnom-krom-siem-reap-demand-land-title/

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