Airport fight comes to city

14 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Airports and air travel / Concessions / Government / Infrastructure / Land / Land policy and administration / Provincial and local governments / Public land lease / Transport infrastructure and facilities
Adhoc / National Assembly / Nut Sorphoan / Om Mara / Phnom Penh Municipal Hall / Secretariat of Civil Aviation

About 80 villagers locked in a land dispute in Preah Vihear province found their planned march to the National Assembly blocked by security forces in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday.

Village representative Meng Chanthorn said that the quashed march, which was ultimately abandoned without the use of violence, was called to seek the intervention of the central government in their dispute. The villagers claim provincial authorities in Preah Vihear have extended a land concession for a new airport without offering adequate compensation. ...

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