Five Villagers Questioned in Ly Yong Phat Land Dispute
About 150 villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with CPP Senator and tycoon Ly Yong Phat protested peacefully outside the Kompong Speu Provincial Court yesterday as five villagers were questioned over accusations that they are illegally occupying the senator’s land. The villagers, from Thpong district’s Omlaing commune, are fighting to stay on the land, 9,000 hectares of which was granted as a concession to Mr. Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company in February 2010. …
