Company backtracks, says villagers will now get land
The director of TTY rubber company, whose guards shot four land protestors in Kratie province last week, said he will give land back to the protesting villagers, backtracking on his vow Friday not to give up any of the land granted to him by the government as an economic land concession. “The company will cut about 700 to 800 hectares of the land concession [and give it to villagers],” TTY Director General Na Marady said, adding that his rapid change of heart was the result of a government demand…
