Protesting villagers ordered home

Officials from Prime Minister’s Hun Sen’s cabinet yesterday accepted the petition of 110 Preah Vihear villager representatives seeking intervention in a land dispute with defunct NGO DARPO. Hun Sen cabinet member Nov Ra told villagers who protested in front of the prime minister’s house to return home and pledged that “local authorities will resolve the issue on October 19”. … He said a meeting to resolve the dispute arranged by Choam Ksan district authorities in June, and supported by Hun Sen’s cabinet, had failed because DARPO president Pen Lim had failed to attend. …

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