B Meanchey Villagers Protest Over Land Titles
More than 170 villagers in Banteay Meanchey province locked in a land dispute with a local company protested yesterday in front of the provincial hall, seeking land titles in compliance with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent titling project. The families say they had been granted a social land concession in Tham Puok district’s Kork Romiet commune in 2009, but that eight hectares of the same land was later occupied by a small company owned by local businessmen. …
