Authorities Deny Abuses at Thai Plantation Tied To CPP Senator

4 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses. … The deputy governor insisted that all the families received new land equal to what they were losing and denied that any homes were ever burned or razed. …

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