Wait Out Elections, Firm in Land Dispute Told

Despite facing criminal charges, 70 villagers from Kompong Chhnang province embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the KDC Development Company have moved back onto the contested land, court officials and villagers said yesterday. KDC, which is owned by Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem’s wife, Chea Kheng, asked provincial authorities to intervene on Monday after villagers from Kompong Tralach district started moving back to grow rice on 145 hectares of disputed land, said provincial prosecutor Penh Vibol. …