Families blocked from fencing disputed land
About a dozen Tuol Kok district security guards in Phnom Penh on Tuesday blocked three families involved in a long-running land dispute from building a fence around the disputed property in Boeng Kak I commune, an official said. Deputy district governor Saing Sopheak Vichet said the families did not have the right to erect a barrier around the land, which the Khun Sear Import and Export Company also claims. … The company’s owner, Khun Sear, is accused of trying to force the families off the land after they refused an offer of $15,000 in compensation for land he acquired in a swap deal with City Hall. He plans to build a multi-story supermarket on the land. He has a politically connected business partner: Yim Leang, who heads the bodyguard unit of Senate president Chea Sim. Mr. Leang has said the families have no legal claim to the property, while they have accused him of orchestrating the campaign of intimidation. …
Hul Reaksmey
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