Police, villagers clash over CPP land dispute
Villagers and police clashed Sunday after excavators moved in to prepare work on a disputed plot where authorities will build a CPP commune office in Stung Treng City’s Preah Bat commune, officials said yesterday. Hou Sam Ol, provincial monitor for local rights group Adhoc, said Stung Treng City authorities moved two excavators and about 10 trucks on to the one-hectare site on Sunday to prepare for construction, even though a group of residents have claimed the land is theirs…
