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Seventy families want titles on land claimed by Apsara authority
Around 70 Siem Reap families want local authorities to give them titles to land they say has been occupied by generations and more recently claimed by the military. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/seventy-families-want-titles-on-land-claimed-by-apsara-authority/
250 Families near Ta Mok lake complain to UN to help monitor their land disputes
About 40 people representing 250 families living next to Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, on Monday filed a petition to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (UN) to request this body to help monitor land disputes and ...
Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/03/thousands-of-mobilised-russians-sent-home-unfit-for-military-duty-2/
More than 300 people involved in land dispute gather in front of Preah Sihanouk Court of Appeal as a representative enters court today
More than 300 people involved in land disputes from three districts of Koh Kong province gathered in front of the Sihanoukville Court of Appeal as a representative of the people attended the hearing on Tuesday. ...
Civil society groups call for speedy resolution of land disputes at new airport
On the occasion of the 37th World Habitat Day, 84 civil society organizations called on the Royal Government to expedite resolve land disputes at New Phnom Penh International Airport in Kandal and Takeo provinces, but government spokespersons considered this proposal as an advocacy because the ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-04-0843-241741.html
Residents have been in a land dispute with the sugar cane company Ly Yong Phat continues to seek justice while not yet get compensation
Hundreds of hectares of green plantations of Ly Yong Phat surrounded by mountains in Oral district, Kampong Speu province seem to reflect the prosperous lives of nearby villagers, but some people claim that they are living in a state of mental crisis due to the ...
More than 400 people protest at Botum Sakor District Hall demanding speedy settlement of land issues
More than 400 people representing 557 families from three communities in Prelan commune, Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province gathered at the district hall this Thursday morning to urged authorities to expedite the settlement of land disputes, claiming that Ly Yong Phat’s company had grabbed ...
More than 20 families in Kampot province accuse a powerful person of encroaching on their land and sue many people for imprisonment
Approximately 26 families in Kep province who have plantations in Kampot province accuse a powerful person of encroaching on nearly 60 hectares of their land and sued the people to threaten to demoralize not to protest. ...
49 families in land dispute with Cheam Phen continue to ask for the intervention of the prime minister
Approximately 49 families living in Chamrang point, Keo Phos commune, Preah Sihanouk province, who have land dispute with Mr. Cheam Phen, the owner of Leo Beer again continue to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to urge his subordinates to cut 352 hectares of farmland ...
Nearly 100 families in Kampong Chhnang province concerned about losing land after no resolution from authorities
Nearly 100 Families in Tang Krasaing commune, Teuk Phos district, Kampong Chhnang province concerns about losing land after negotiations with disputing parties under the coordination of the provincial authorities with no positive results. ...
More than 100 families in Tbong Khmum province demand authorities to resolve land issues
About 130 families in the morning of September 27 requested the authorities of Memot district, Tbong Khmum province to issue land titles and allow people to use their land. ...
Meng Kroypunlok
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/28/more-than-100-families-in-tbong-khmum-demand-authorities-to-resolve-land-issues/
More than 200 Koh Kong residents protest at district hall demanding land settlement
More than 200 people representing 274 families from three communes in Sre Ambel district, Koh Kong province gathered at the district hall on Thursday morning to urge the authorities to expedite the settlement of land for them, claiming that Ly Yong Phat Company violated for ...
Nearly 1,000 people in Koh Kong province submit a petition to the commune authorities to find a land solution
About 500 people representing nearly 1,000 people from 5 communes gathered to submit a petition to the commune authorities in Sre Ambel district, find a suitable land solution for them. ...
Sorn Chanratha
https://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/nearly-1-land-disputes-in-koh-kong-petition-commune-authorities-for-resolution-09202022052203.html
Land dispute victims in Sihanoukville call government to resolve and release four citizens
Land dispute residents in two communes of Prey Nob district, Sihanoukville province call on government to resolve and release four citizens citizens are imprisoned under this land dispute. ...
23 families in Siem Reap accuse authorities of allocating more than 80 hectares of their farmland
Twenty-three families in Run Ta Ek commune, Siem Reap province have accused authorities of taking more than 80 hectares of their farmland to be subdivided ownership unfairly. ...
Indigenous families block land grab in Kampong Speu
Indigenous Suoy families say they have blocked a company formerly chaired by the prime minister’s nephew Hun Chea from clearing their farmland in Kampong Speu, and are seeking compensation. ...
Roun Ry
https://vodenglish.news/indigenous-families-block-land-grab-in-kampong-speu/
Seven people arrested in land dispute in Oddar Meanchey
Human rights officers in Oddar Meanchey province says seven people have been arrested in connection with a land dispute with a rubber plantation company in Trapeang Prasat commune, Trapeang Prasat district. ...
Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/15/7-people-arrested-in-land-dispute-in-oddar-meanchey/
City clears fish farms despite Tamok Lake residents’ protests
Residents around Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok followed authorities in their boats and protested the filling of the lake, which they said was affecting their fish farm enclosures. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/city-clears-fish-farms-despite-tamok-lake-residents-protests/
More than 150 families in Svay Rieng province ask local authorities to help resolve land issues
More than 150 families in Men Chey commune, Romduol district, Svay Rieng province, ask commune authorities to help resolve land issues after claiming they were affected by a canal development project of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology in the area. ...
Pa Sokheng and Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/07/svay-rieng-families-ask-authorities-to-resolve-land-issues/
Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes
The representatives of two different indigenous communities in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces are calling for government intervention to help solve long-running land disputes in their communities. ...
Try Thaney
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-communities-ask-for-government-intervention-in-land-disputes/
People involved in land dispute are worried after Pailin Provincial Court summoned more than 20 people for questioning
People living in Sambok Chap in Pailin province are deeply concerned as more than 20 out of more than 100 families have been summoned by the Pailin Provincial Court over land dispute. ...
Communities from Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces submit petitions to ministries for intervention in land disputes
About 400 people from various communities in Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces have come forward to petition various ministries in Phnom Penh for intervention in the long-running land dispute with Ly Yong Phat. ...
Communities claim that they are often threatened when they post information on land disputes on social media
Communities from different provinces claim that they are often threatened under various guises by local authorities when they report community land disputes on social media to find the solution from relevant authorities. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/communities-claim-to-be-under-threat-from-local-authorities-when-they-post-information-on-land-disputes-on-social-media/
Sihanoukville residents evicted after four charged with encroaching private land
Approximately 200 huts that officials say were built on privately owned land in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone were cleared Thursday morning as part of an ongoing land dispute in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/sihanoukville-residents-evicted-after-four-charged-with-encroaching-private-land/
Nearly 100 families in Oddar Meanchey province have dispute with the sugar company
Approximately 92 evicted families as the result of land dispute with the sugar company located in Sangkat Kon Kreal, Samrong City, Oddar Meanchey province apply for a social land concession for two hectares per family as they claim that there is no land for agriculture. ...
