Land dispute villagers seek foreign aid

A group of about 100 villagers who have been embroiled in a long-running land dispute in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung and Takhmau districts gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to file a petition with foreign donors seeking help in resolving the dispute. The villagers – part of a group of 292 families – came to human rights group Adhoc’s Phnom Penh office to file a complaint, claiming that Heng Development has grabbed 450 hectares of their farmland over the past five years…