NGO alleges bribery over titles
An environmental protection NGO is preparing to file a lawsuit with the Kampong Speu provincial court and a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit against an Agriculture Department official who was allegedly paid by a development firm to issue land titles to villagers squatting on state land so the firm could then “legally” purchase the land from them.
Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation, said he had found evidence that 210 families had illegally cleared 1,228 hectares of state forest in Thpong district’s Ya Ang commune over the past few years. …
Phak Seangly
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