Villagers in Land Dispute Questioned by Court

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned four Russei Keo district villagers from two families who have been embroiled in a land dispute for two years with a local businessman, lawyers said yesterday. The families are accused of physically attacking landowner Lao Tong Ngy, a man who claims to own the Tuol Sangke commune land upon which 50 families have been living despite receiving eviction notices in 2010. Lawyers for the family called the assault complaint a tactic. ...