Land dispute victims to protest crackdown

More than 2,700 families embroiled in 11 separate long-running land disputes in Kandal province are planning to hold a mass protest to draw attention to the continuing arrests and detention of villagers by the provincial court, villagers said yesterday… According to Adhoc’s records, Kandal Provincial Court issued 31 warrants in October summoning land representatives from Kien Svay, Ponhea Leu, Takhmao and Kandal Stung districts in relation to charges varying from property destruction to violent crime…