July sub-decree lists Preah Vihear grants
More than 45,000 hectares of land in Preah Vihear province were granted to five companies for rubber plantations on July 6 after the government reclassified the land from state public to state private land on the same day, according to the five sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The sub-decrees were published in the Royal Book, which lists all sub-decrees issued by the government, a copy of which was obtained by the Post yesterday. Ouch Leng, head of the land program at rights group Adhoc, said all five of the companies were Chinese-owned. The Post could not confirm who owned the firms, or find any information about previous business deals they were involved in. “I suspect that all five companies are owned by one tycoon, and Adhoc is investigating this,” Ouch Leng added…
