NGO says legal action over land disputes on the rise

20 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land classifications / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Adhoc / Chan Soveth / Hun Sen / Im Chhun Lim / Kao Malilen / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Land Management / National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution / Sar Kheng

The number of people charged in land disputes across the country so far this year has already surpassed the number of charges in all of 2013 in what rights group Adhoc on Tuesday called an “alarming” increase in legal action against those wrapped up in land-related disputes. In new figures it released Tuesday, Adhoc said it recorded 126 cases of charges being laid against people in land disputes between January 1 and August 15. That’s compared with the 109 land dispute-related charges the group recorded in all of last year. …

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