MP vows again to settle land disputes
A ruling party politician has pledged to not only resolve a raft of land disputes, but push a policy of “on-site development” – redevelopment that does not remove people from their communities – over mass relocations.
Speaking to a crowd of about 1,000 outside the National Assembly, Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Lork Kheng, deputy chair of the assembly’s Commission on Human Rights and Complaints, said she would push government departments to solve land disputes – an issue rights group Adhoc says has affected more than 700,000 people since 2000. …
May Titthara and Sean Teehan
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