Kratie farmers offered land, but many remain defiant

A group of villagers who were evicted from Kratie province to make way for a Vietnamese rubber company were given a 750-hectare social land concession by the government Thursday, but many said they would hold out for a better offer.

A letter signed by Kratie Governor Sar Chamrong allotted the land in Snuol district to 405 families who have been camping out in Phnom Penh for the past 10 days, living in a pagoda while protesting around the city demanding that the government return their land. ..

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