B’bang Protesters Seek Help in Land Dispute
About 60 villagers from Battambang province’s Sampov Loun district gathered in Phnom Penh’s Wat Botum Park yesterday to prtotested against a 4,065-hectare land concession granted to a company for agriculture development. Korng Sokheng, a representative for 1,850 families, said villagers submitted a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen and Interior Minister Sar Kheng requesting the government’s intervention to precent development on the land. According to Battambang provincial deputy governor Sieng Sothang, the government ranted the concession to Suon Mean Sambath Company in April.
