Kuoy villagers block firms

11 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior
Adhoc / Chinese aid / Khieu Sopheak / Kouy ethnic minority / Lan Feng Company / Ministry of Interior / Rui Feng International / Ung Vuthy

Some 200 ethnic Kuoy minority villagers in Preah Vihear’s Chheb district blocked tractors belonging to a Chinese company from bulldozing their rice crops yesterday, the same day that district authorities received a letter from the Interior Ministry instructing them to broker an agreement between villagers and nearby concessionaires. In a letter dated February 17 – but received by district authorities yesterday, according to district governor Ung Vuthy – Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak told authorities from the provincial level on down to “find a just solution to the land dispute” between local villagers and Chinese concessionaires Rui Feng International and Lan Feng company. …

 Sen David
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