2012 Sees Jump in Land Disputes and Grants
Economic land concessions remain a major concern, with more than 230 people arrested in 2012, an increase of more than 150 percent from the year before, according to an annual report by the rights group Adhoc. … That means land conflicts have increased, Thun Saray, president of Adhoc, told VOA Khmer. The government issued 66 directives setting aside 381,121 hectares of land in 2012, he said. That’s an increase of about 16.7 percent from the year before, he said. …
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