Hundreds Protest Against Land Clearing by Pheapimex Co

4 April 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
Kbal Trach commune / Krakor district / Kuch Veng / Pheapimex Company / Protest / protesters / Pursat Province / villagers

About 300 villagers in Pursat province’s Krakor district yesterday protested to stop the powerful Pheapimex Company from clearing their farmland after armed military police arrived in the area to guard the firm’s government-awarded land concession, villagers said. The company used two excavators and nine bulldozers to clear about 5 hectares of farmland in Kbal Trach commune on Monday, and sent about 10 uniformed military police officers with AK-47 rifles, said Kuch Veng, one of the protesters. …