Land dispute arrests soar 144 pct in 2012

14 February 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Siem Reap / Social development
Adhoc / Battambang / Battambang Province / Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association / defamation charges / disinformation charges / incitement charges / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham Province / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / Rattanakiri / Rattanakiri province / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / Thun Saray

The number of people arrested over land disputes jumped 144 percent from a year earlier to 232 in 2012, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Adhoc) said Thursday. … Speaking at a news conference, he [Adhoc president Thun Saray] said Adhoc last year received 70 complaints about land disputes affecting 101,408 hectares of land and 10,689 households. Sixty-two cases remain unsolved, he said. Provinces most affected were Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Koh Kong, Mondolkiri, Rattanakiri and Siem Reap. … As of December, he said, the government had given companies at least 2.6 million hectares in economic land concessions. …

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