Farmers get permission to cultivate

9 August 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing
Battambang / Battambang Province / Battambang Province's Samlot District / crops / Disputed Land / district officials / Farmers / Hen Sophan / Kampong Lpov / Kampong Lpov commune / Kompong Lpov / Kompong Lpov commune / land / land disputes / Military / military official / RCAF / RCAF's Military Region 5 / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Samlot / Samlot District / soldiers / Tuy Bun Ly / Tuy Bun Ly deputy commander of RCAF's Military Region 5 / villagers

Farmers who on Sunday said they had been shot at by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers for trying to cultivate 390 hectares of disputed land in Battambang province’s Samlot district were granted permission yesterday to plant on some parts of the land, villagers and a military official said.

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