Boeng Kak families ask ACU to probe Senator’s land sale

8 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Anti-corruption / Concessions / Economy and commerce / Government / Human rights / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Ministries and other national bodies / Public land lease / Social development
ACU / Anti-Corruption Unit / Boeng Kak / D’Lotus Development / HLH Group company / Hun Sen / Kep Chuktema / Lao Meng Khin / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh City Hall / Shukaku Inc / Singapore

Residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood lodged a formal complaint with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Monday, asking it to investigate 12 current and former government officials and Senator Lao Meng Khin over the senator’s plans to sell land they say was stolen from them. Their complaint also asks the ACU to investigate the construction of a military police base in their midst, on land they say was set aside exclusively for the neighborhood’s families by Prime Minister Hun Sen. … In an announcement to the Singapore bourse late last month, the HLH Group said its subsidiary, D’Lotus Development, had agreed to buy 1.35 hectares of land from Mr. Meng Khin’s Shukaku Inc., which rights groups and Boeng Kak residents accuse of illegally evicting some 3,000 families from their homes. …

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