Land Battle Headed to Court

Eight ethnic Tampuon villagers from Ratanakkiri’s Bakeo district will file a lawsuit at provincial court today alleging that more than 70 hectares of protected forest have been illegally cleared by a police official and six villagers from a neighbouring commune.

Ting Kham Se, 52, of Laminh commune’s Suo village, is one of the eight that took an initial complaint to rights group Adhoc on Friday. ...

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