Families Say Land Was Taken

Nearly 90 representatives of 137 families in Battambang province, some of whom include former Khmer Rouge cadres, protested for a second day in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming authorities had seized land they had held since the late 1990s.

Ul Yan who was among protesters at Butom Vatey pagoda, near Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house, said district and commune authorities colluded to grab 527 hectares of land in two communes in Bavel district and another in Phnom Proek district. …

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