Land Battle Headed to Court

27 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Protected forest / Social development
Adhoc / Adhoc Investigator / Bakeo district / Bakeo District Governor / compensation / deforestation / Disputed Land / ethnic minority / ethnic Tampuon / Forest / forest clearance / forest clearing / Heng Bunthan / illegal logging / indegenous group / Laminh commune / Laminh Commune Chief / land conflict / Land dispute / Land rights / logging / Mean Promony / Pen Sophon / protected forest / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Rattanakiri Provincial Court / Suo Village / Tampuon / villagers

Eight ethnic Tampuon villagers from Ratanakkiri’s Bakeo district will file a lawsuit at provincial court today alleging that more than 70 hectares of protected forest have been illegally cleared by a police official and six villagers from a neighbouring commune.

Ting Kham Se, 52, of Laminh commune’s Suo village, is one of the eight that took an initial complaint to rights group Adhoc on Friday. …

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