Villagers in land fight use flames

24 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Hat Pak commune / SK Company / Toeur Nuo Thong

Members of a Lao ethnic community in Ratanakkiri province allegedly burned down three makeshift houses belonging to a rubber plantation on Monday. The 250 villagers in Veun Sai district’s Hatpak village accuse Indian-owned SK Company of encroaching on the forest and ignoring markers demarcating village farmland, according to Chhay Thy, Ratanakkiri provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc. …

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