Court Hears Borei Keila Evictees’ Complaint

7 September 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Concessions / Economy and commerce / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
Borei Keila / Borei Keila evictees / ELCs / evictions / forced evictions / land / Land concessions / land disputes / Phanimex / Property Development / Property development firm / Suy Sophan / Toem Sakmony

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned three Borei Keila residents about a complaint they filed six month ago against the property development firm Phanimex from evicting them from their land. … In March, a group of Borei Keila residents filed their complaint against Phanimex’s owner Suy Sophan for allegedly ordering the January 3 eviction, which saw police violently clash with locals as they evicted about 100 families from the Borei Keila area. … After questioning, the Borei Keila residents urged the court to deal as swiftly with Phanimex’s Ms. Sophan as they did with 64-year old Borei Keila resident Toem Sakmony-a vocal protester against the eviction-who was detained in jail on Wednesday. …