R’kiri row no drag on oknha title

15 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations
Jarai ethic minority / Keat Chhon / Keat Kolney / Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction

The Royal Palace has granted the prestigious title of oknha to politically connected businesswoman Keat Kolney, who has been locking horns for a decade with ethnic Jarai minorities in Ratanakkiri province over hundreds of disputed hectares.

Kolney – who is married to Chhan Saphann, an official at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, and is the sister of Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon – was appointed on June 11, according to the royal decree. The title was “requested by Prime Minister Hun Sen”. …

 Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r%E2%80%99kiri-row-no-drag-oknha-title