Residents Rally At Palace For Release Of Land Activist

14 May 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
Amnesty International / Boeung Kok / Boeung Kok Community / Borei Keila / Borei Keila community / Disputed Land / ELCs / King Norodom Sihamoni / Land dispute / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh / PJ Prison / Prey Sar / Prey Sar Prison / protests / Royal Palace / Thmor Kol / Thmor Kol community / Yorm Bopha

Around 30 residents from Boeung Kok, Borei Kei and Thmor kol communities gathered and knelt down Monday in front of the Royal Palace to seek intervention from the King to release jailed land activist Yorm Bopha. …

In the petition, they asked him to intervene the Ministry of Justice to release Yorm Bopha and find solutions for the land disputes in their communities. …

There were no clashes between authorities and the residents. …

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