Land
PM orders immediate crackdowns on land grabs and illegal logging
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture and provincial officials to stamp out illegal land encroachment and illegal logging in the country. ...
Crack down on land opportunists: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered that the pertinent ministries and local authorities take action to prevent forest encroachment and land grabs, saying that these activities always increased during the campaign period and the day of elections. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crack-down-land-opportunists-pm
Police arrested 3 Bunong over land dispute in Mondulkiri province
Three Bunong indigenous family members were arrested by Mondulkiri provincial police on Sunday over a land dispute in Chamkar Te Village, Spean Thmor Commune. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/police-arrested-3-bunong-over-land-dispute-in-mondulkiri-province/
Nearly 70 families in Koas Kralor district protest for Battambang Provincial Authorities to provide legal land titles
About 69 families protest in front of Battambang Provincial Administration to demand the authorities to issue legal land title that has been cleared since 2012 on 254 hectares of land at Phnom Snor, Samrong village, Chhnal Moan commune, Koas Kralor district, Battambang province, on the ...
In 7 months, Battambang province resolved 140 out-of-court disputes
Battambang Provincial Administration has mediated 140 cases of extrajudicial disputes in the last 7 months and confirmed commitment to resolve the issues. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-06-03-1024-250791.html
Koh Kong families settle years-long land dispute involving U.K. sugar conglomerate
In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week. ...
Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/koh-kong-families-settle-years-long-land-dispute-involving-u-k-sugar-conglomerate/
Indigenous peoples fear loss of lands after passage of new law
Bunong people in Mondulkiri’s Roya Leu community say they are gripped by the fear their customary lands will be taken from them. ...
Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-peoples-fear-loss-of-lands-after-passage-of-new-law/
Three CCFC members released on bail after confessing crimes
Three detained land rights activists from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) were released on bail Tuesday evening after confessing to plotting and incitement and publicly apologizing to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/three-ccfc-members-released-on-bail-after-confessing-crimes/
Farmer activist case probed
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court is investigating the case against Theng Savoeun, director of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC), who has admitted to wrongdoing including “causing unrest” and “undermining public order”. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/farmer-activist-case-probed
Threats, destruction and forced sales: rubber firm razes indigenous Jarai farmlands
The company had already ravaged the farms of their indigenous Jarai neighbors in Ratanakiri province’s Andong Meas district over the past months. ...
Jack Brook and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/threats-destruction-and-forced-sales-rubber-firm-razes-indigenous-jarai-farmlands/
Environment ministry condemns Mother Nature activists after receiving petition
The Ministry of Environment condemned the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia after its youth activists delivered a petition Monday to halt state land grants to private companies in Kirirom national park, according to a statement. ...
Tractor hits anti-tank mine, Preah Vihear’s sixth death this year
A landmine killed a man on May 22 while he was operating a power tiller to plough a rice field in Sro Em commune’s Stung Khieu Techo village of Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tractor-hits-anti-tank-mine-preah-vihears-sixth-death-year
Interior ministry accuses detained land rights activists of “Peasant Revolution”
Three Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) staff members detained on Wednesday were allegedly plotting a Pol Pot-style “peasant revolution” based on evidence authorities found during a training workshop, Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak told CamboJA. ...
An Vicheth
https://cambojanews.com/interior-ministry-accuses-detained-land-rights-activists-of-peasant-revolution/
Three detained CCFC staff face 10 years imprisonment on plotting, incitement charges
The president of Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) and two of his colleagues were charged with plotting and incitement by the Ratanakiri provincial court on Monday, facing up to 10 years in prison, according to court spokesperson Keo Visoth. ...
Khuon Narim and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/three-detained-ccfc-staff-face-10-years-imprisonment-on-plotting-incitement-charges/
China’s BRI flagship project in Cambodia injects momentum to growth, improving livelihoods
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), a flagship project in Cambodia under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has not only injected impetus into the kingdom’s economic growth, but also importantly contributed to improving livelihoods of tens of thousands of locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295175/chinas-bri-flagship-project-in-cambodia-injects-momentum-to-growth-improving-livelihoods/
Three land rights activists detained, questioned by police after organizing training workshop
Kratie authorities detained and questioned 17 members of the land rights organization Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community (CCFC) on Wednesday afternoon as the group returned to Phnom Penh by bus from a staff training workshop hosted in Ratanakiri. ...
Cambodia, UN discuss mine clearance cooperation
Cambodian Senior Minister and First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) Ly Thuch has met with Mrs. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501291988/cambodia-un-discuss-mine-clearance-cooperation/
PPSP back in black in Q1’23 with $5.7m net profit
A surge in land sales has helped tycoon Kith Meng’s Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) to return to the black, posting $5.7 million net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 (Q1’23) after suffering a $680,743 net loss a year ago. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ppsp-back-in-black-in-q123-with-57m-net-profit
Prime minister’s relative receives 30 hectares of Mondulkiri forest land
Government official Dy Panha received 30.79 hectares of land in northeastern Mondulkiri province cut from forest cover in a September sub-decree released publicly earlier this year. ...
Eung Sea and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-ministers-relative-receives-30-hectares-of-mondulkiri-forest-land/
Daun Ov community in Dangkor district has submitted a petition to the city hall to resolve the land issue
Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the Phnom Penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. And on-site development. ...
Phon Sotthyroth and Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/daun-ouv-community-in-dangkor-district-has-submitted-a-petition-to-the-city-hall-to-help-resolve-the-land-issue/
Community forest land ‘grabbed’ in Preah Vihear
Residents of Kampong Sralao II commune in Preah Vihear province’s Chhep district have reported that around 200ha of their community forest land has been encroached upon by squatters from other provinces. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/community-forest-land-grabbed-preah-vihear
Dozens of houses destroyed after Bassac river bank collapses following years of sand dredging
Kim Maneth had lived in her home along the river bank in Kandal province for four decades before it collapsed, along with dozens of other homes in an area where sand dredging has been rampant for years. ...
Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/dozens-of-houses-destroyed-after-bassac-river-bank-collapses-following-years-of-sand-dredging/
‘Receding water levels’ behind collapse of forty houses into Bassac river
Kandal provincial authorities have explained that 40 homes collapsed into the Bassac River on April 24 due to receding water levels. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/receding-water-levels-behind-collapse-forty-houses-bassac-river
Tbong Khmum Provincial Court questioned two community representatives in connection with encroachment on state land
Two community representatives in Memot district were questioned by the Tbong Khmum Provincial Court in connection with allegations of illegal encroachment on state land as they allegedly did not act as alleged. ...
