Developer ordered to halt work on disputed land

3 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Concessions / Government / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Provincial and local governments / Public land lease / Social development
Chroy Changva district / Khlaing Huot / OCIC / Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Touch Samnang

The governor of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district Wednesday ordered the private firm heading a $3-billion real estate project on the peninsula to temporarily stop pumping sand onto land being contested by about 40 local families, but urged the families to reconsider the compensation on offer. The families, however, rejected Governor Khlaing Huot’s offer and said they would be filing their complaint against the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) with the municipal government. …

 Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/developer-ordered-to-halt-work-on-disputed-land-63087/