Free mother, protesters urge

27 January 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Concessions / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Chum Srey Noun / crops / Disputed Land / Farmland / imprisoned / Kampong Speu / Land dispute / land tenure / Phnom Sruoch / Protest / Treng Trayoeng

More than 300 villagers from two districts in Kampong Speu province joined forces yesterday to protest in front of the provincial court over two land disputes, vowing to continue until authorities resolved them and released a mother of seven jailed last month after she had been summonsed to the court over one of the disputes. Protesters said the imprisonment of Chum Srey Noun, 49, on December 15 had convinced them to accompany community representatives summonsed to the provincial court yesterday and today to ensure the summonses were not used as a pretext for jailing them. The questioning was, however, postponed after more than 300 villagers showed up...

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