200 residents in land dispute prevented from registering
Residents involved in a long-running land dispute in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district have been prevented from registering to vote in next year’s commune elections, village representatives said yesterday. The village, Oambel, is not recognized by authorities as it forms part of a conservation area on state land, but villagers say they bought the land from officials at the provincial Department of the Environment in Anlong Veng town in various transactions since 2001…
