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Siem Reap residents protest unwanted address change

About 70 residents from a village in Siem Reap’s Ampil commune yesterday submitted a petition to provincial officials requesting that they not be switched to the authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though at least one local official claimed the matter was long decided. ...

 Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-residents-protest-unwanted-address-change

Tycoon under fire for casino project

13 July 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Land / Land tenure and land titling funding
Ampil commune / Lim Heng

A tycoon who is building a casino and a dam in Oddar Meanchy province has come under fire for displacing villagers – and possibly the military. ...

 Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-under-fire-casino-project

National Radio Site Swapped With Land Developer

18 October 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Industries / Land / Manufacturing / Ministries and other national bodies / Phnom Penh / Real estate / Siem Reap
AM 918 / Ampil commune / Borey Peng Huoth / Council of Ministers / Heak Bun Peng / Hun Sen / Information Minister Khieu Kanharith / J&R Import and Export / Kandal / Kandal Stung / Kandal Stung district / Khieu Kanharith / Khun sea / Khun Sea Development Group / Ministry of Information / National Radio AM 918 / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Siem Reap / Siem Reap City Hall / Stung Meanchey bridge / Thailand / Thay Chea Huoth / Wat Phnom

The Ministry of Information has swapped an 11-hectare plot of land in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, which was previously the site of National Radio AM 918, with a property development firm in exchange for the construction of a new radio tower and transmitter on a ...

 Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-radio-site-swapped-with-land-developer-45419/

Siem Reap’s Secret Multimillion Dollar Land Swap

16 September 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Cities / Government / Industries / Land / Land classifications / Land tenure and land titling / Manufacturing / Ministries and other national bodies / Provincial and local governments / Real estate / Siem Reap / Urban administration and development
Ampil commune / Angkor Archaeological Park / Apsara Authority / Bun Tharith / J&R Import Export and Construction Company / Khem Bunsong / Lun Sothy / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Land Management / Prum Sokha / Siem Reap / Siem Reap City / Sou Phirin

Inside the grounds of this city’s old provincial hall, past a green corrugated iron fence, municipal street cleaners and their families are squatting in what was once a bustling government office filled with civil servants. Across the road, the former department of rural development is a ...

 Phorn Bopha and Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/selected-features/siem-reaps-secret-multimillion-dollar-land-swap-42375/

Contractor Says Senior Official Approved Siem Reap Land Swap

9 September 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Government / Industries / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Ministries and other national bodies / Provincial and local governments / Real estate / Siem Reap
Ampil commune / Angkor Archaeological Park / Apsara Authority / Council of Ministers / J&R Import E port and Construction Company / Lun Sothy / Mok Sam Oun / Phay Siphan / Siem Reap City / Sou Phirin

The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with Siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ...

 Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/contractor-says-senior-official-approved-siem-reap-land-swap-41909/

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