Court Rejects Joint Complaint Against Minister’s Wife, Again

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court yesterday once again declined to receive a joint complaint from villagers in Kompong Tralach district embroiled in a land dispute with the wife of Industry Minister Suy Sem. Chhuon Siven, provincial clerk director, said that the court could not take the complaint from the 37 villagers of Lor Peang village since it was filed jointly and has advised the villagers to file it again individually. … The villagers are claiming that Chea Kheang and her firm KDC Development Co illegally forged 105 land titles covering property from 51 families over 145 hectares of land in the province in an ongoing dispute dating back to 2007. …