Group Considers Complaint Against Sugar Giant

ថ្ងៃទី ២៦ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
ខេមបូឌា ដេលី
ផលិតកម្មផ្នែកកសិកម្ម / កសិកម្ម និង ការនេសាទ / ដំណាំជីវឥន្ធនៈ / ផលិតផលដំណាំ និងទំនិញ / សម្បទានដីសេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងចំការ / សេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម / ការនាំចេញ/នីហរណ / ប្រព័ន្ធតុលាការ និងតុលាការ / ដីធ្លី / ការកាន់កាប់ដីធ្លី និងការចេញប័ណ្ណកម្មសិទ្ធិ / ការជួលដីសាធារណៈ / ស្ករ / ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម
Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-farming / Bonsucro / Bonsucro chief executive Nick Goodall / BP / ក្រុមហ៊ុន កូកាកូឡា / អៀង វុទ្ធី / អង្គការ សមធម៌កម្ពុជា / Equitable Cambodia executive director Eang Vuthy / ការបណ្តេញចេញ / forced evictions / សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស / កោះកុង / Koh Kong Province / land / ការរំលោភដីធ្លី / ភាពជាម្ចាស់ដី / សិទ្ធិដីធ្លី / land tenure / London / rubber planations / sugar / sugar cane / sugar cane plantations / sugar exports / sugar plantations / sugar trade associations / ក្រុមហ៊ុន ថេត & ឡាល៍ / យូ ខេ / UK High Court / UK high Court of Justice

A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethical and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K.-based sugar firm Tate & Lyle from the group unless it gives them back their land. Some 200 Cambodian families accuse a pair of Thai-owned sugar plantations in Koh Kong province of forcing them out of their homes and off their land since 2006, sometimes violently, and they hold Tate & Lyle responsible because it buys the sugar from the firms. … Equitable Cambodia, a local NGO, filed a complaint against Tate & Lyle on behalf of the family with Buonscro- the sugar trade association whose members include Coca Cola and BP- two years ago. … The Koh Kong families are also suing at the High Court of Justice in London for damages for lost earnings, estimated at nearly $2.3 million.

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-considers-complaint-against-sugar-giant-32001/