K Speu families threaten to take back farms

30 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Government / Investment / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Kong Soeun / Master International Corporation Group / Ministry of Land Management / Om Vanna / Taing Samraong commune

Representatives for about 250 families involved in a long-running dispute with an agri-business firm in Kompong Speu province have filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc and say they will attempt to retake land that was stolen from them. About 60 of the villagers traveled to Phnom Penh on Thursday to publicize their case through the media and held a press conference at Adhoc’s head office. Som Kong, one of the villagers, said the families have been farming the disputed 950 hectares since the 1980s and filed numerous complaints with various government authorities to no avail after the Master International Corporation Group started taking it over in 2006. …

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