After vote, land issues heat up
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights yesterday expressed concern at a recent spate of land disputes coming on the heels of last month’s vote, and questioned whether campaign promises of resolving the Kingdom’s ongoing land issues had been forgotten now that the election has passed. The cases ranged from a farmer in Oddar Meanchey province having his crops destroyed by soldiers to make way for an alleged military base, to villagers in Koh Kong learning of plans to evict them to make way for commercial developments, to some 40 villagers in Preah Vihear being threatened with eviction as “punishment” for voting for the opposition. … However, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday called the group’s statement “useless, except to create problems and make people confused”. …
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