Evictees prepping complaint

17 November 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Land / Provincial and local governments
Hun Sen / LICADHO / UDG / Union Development Group

Former residents of two villages in Koh Kong province that were razed last week by security guards for Chinese firm Union Development Group are preparing to file a complaint to Prime Minister Hun Sen. Fourteen homes were destroyed by company security guards Thursday morning, according to villagers and a representative of rights group Licadho. The villagers are now living in an empty pagoda nearby and relying on donations of food and water. … The land in dispute falls inside a gigantic 36,000-hectare concession granted in 2008. About $10 million out of the $3.8 billion development plan for the project has been set aside for relocation and compensation, according to UDG. …

 Taing Vida
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