Despite PM’s attack, Rainsy pushes plan to seize land
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy over the weekend again raised the prospect that a future CNRP government may oversee forced redistributions of land from the rich to the poor in order to correct cases of land-grabbing under Prime Minister Hun Sen’s reign.
Mr. Hun Sen last week suggested the CNRP could stoke civil war by seizing land from its “class enemies” if it wins the 2018 national election. But Mr. Rainsy replied that any such seizures of stolen land would only be ordered by an independent tribunal.
Speaking at a public forum in Kompong Cham province’s Batheay district on Saturday, Mr. Rainsy promised that anyone who has fallen victim to the rampant land-grabbing under Mr. Hun Sen’s watch would receive their land back under his premiership. …
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