Hundreds demonstrate on activist’s behalf

9 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
Chheuong Seopheap / CPP / CPP Senator / Disputed Land / economic land concession / ELCs / Farm Land / Kbal Trach commune / land activists / land conflicts / land disputes / Land-grabbing / Lao Mengkhim / Pheapimex / Pheapimex Company / protests / Pursat / Pursat Province / Pursat Provincial Court / villagers

Two days before a land activist’s scheduled sentencing, about 400 people affected by land grabs demonstrated at Pursat Provincial Court in support of the man who frequently protests against the Pheap Imex Company. ...

About 12,000 families are now involved in land disputes around a Pheap Imex economic land concession that spans more than 315,000 hectares. ...

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