Preah Vihear Families File Complaints As Land Set Aside for Airport
More than 60 families living in Preah Vihear province filed a complaint with rights group Ahdoc yesterday after officials announced that their land had been set aside for a new airport and would not be measured for private land titles, local officials said. ... Adhoc Preah Vihear provincial coordinator Lor Chann said that if the government had always intended to rebuild the airport, it should not have let local authorities approve ownership documents for any of the 62 families who filed the compliant and now risk losing 18.6 hectares of farm and residential land. ...
