Villagers Camp Out to Protest ‘Land Grab’
More than 100 people from two communes in Kratie province’s Sambor district gathered yesterday for a three-day protest in front of the provincial office of Think Biotech, a Korean-owned timber company villagers say is encroaching on their land. …
As of yesterday evening, 10 armed policemen and six soldiers had taken guard at the office’s entrance, said Nam Nak, 33, one of the protesters setting up tents out front.
Since the company, granted an economic land concession, came to the district in April 2012, its activities have threatened about 4,000 families and 48,000 hectares of forest land, Nak said. …http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765854/National/villagers-camp-out-to-protest-land-grab.html
