Officials raid villager’s home in KDC dispute

24 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Chea Kheng / Community Legal Education Center / KDC company / LICADHO / Suy Sem / Ta Ches commune

Police and court officials on Wednesday searched the home of villager Oum Sophy, who has been outspoken opponent of the well-connected KDC company as it has tried to push her and dozens of her neighbors off their land in Kompong Chhnang province. The raid came after KDC—which is owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem—accused the villagers of using slingshots and homemade weapons on July 17 to attack its workers as they erected a concrete wall on the land. ...

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