Villagers’ crops destroyed over land dispute
Representatives of a community locked in a land dispute with a Vietnamese company in Kratie province returned home from Phnom Penh late Tuesday after failing to garner support from Prime Minister Hun Sen, while an official at the company said it had begun destroying villagers’ crops on the land. Villagers petitioning Mr. Hun Sen at the capital’s Wat Botum park said prior to departing Tuesday that about 20 percent of the community’s crops in Snuol district’s Khyoem commune have now been ruined by the Vietnamese-owned Binh Phoeuk 2, a claim the company’s manager confirmed by phone. ... Snuol district governor Kong Kimny said that he had ordered the crop destruction halted to “give them more time to harvest their crops” in light of the talks, but that he would otherwise not allow the villagers to return to the land. ...
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