Families on Rubber Company’s Land Face Eviction Deadline
Surrounded by 100-armed police officers, authorities in Mondolkiri province yesterday said the roughly 200 families living on a rubber company’s land concession in Koh Nhek district have until Friday to leave their homes. After having already seen district police burn down three of their homes over the weekend, villagers said they vowed to stay put and would defy any eviction notice. Koh Nhek district deputy police chief Khlot Sokhea said he did not know what would happen if the families failed to meet the eviction deadline to move off the swathe of land, which measures 19,500 hectares. …
