Police demolish shelters of Kratie families for second time

27 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Adhoc / Directive 001 / National Military Police

Police in Kratie province on Wednesday demolished the makeshift tents of about 300 families accused of squatting on public land inside a conservation area, two weeks after they forced many of the same families out of the area. Some of the families say they have lived on the land for years, though they have no titles, and blocked National Road 76 for several hours on February 12 after police burned down dozens of their homes. But just as the families came back, so did the police. “We used more than 50 police and military police…to remove the villagers’ tents because they returned to stay after we removed them about two weeks ago,” said Keo Chea, the provincial military police chief. …

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