Families ask Hun Sen for help to reclaim farms

6 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural policy and administration / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Government / Investment / Land
Binh Phoeuk / Hun Sen / Khyoem commune / Kong Chamroeun

Dozens of representatives from at least 100 recently evicted families accused of illegally occupying state land in Kratie province traveled to Phnom Penh on Monday morning to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen for his help getting their land back. The families say local authorities have been allowing them to clear land in Snuol district’s Khyoem commune as far back as 2008 and that 405 families have moved in and cleared about 2,000 hectares for farming since. They say about 50 military police showed up with tractors on Friday, however, and demolished the tents most of them were living in and razed two homes before setting fire to their frames and thatched roofs. … District governor Kong Kimny said the Vietnamese firm Binh Phoeuk 2 was given a 4,000-hectare economic land concession nearby in 2008 but insisted that it did not overlap with the land the 100 families were farming on. He confirmed local authorities demolished their tents and homes on Friday and said they had been warned in advance several times.

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