Ratanakkiri Dispute Case Drags on

6 June 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
Adhoc / Adhoc provincial coordinator / Chhay Thy / construction / Disputed Land / ethnic minorities / evictions / Farmland / illegal construction / Keh Chung commune / land clearing / land conflicts / land deals / Land dispute / Land rights / Ly Sokkim Co Ltd / Par Or Village / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Ratanakkiri Provincial Court Prosecutor / Ros Saram / Tampuon / villagers

A village chief and an ethnic minority Tompuon villager were the latest people brought before the Ratanakkiri court for questioning after a private company accused villagers of destroying its property.

Kvas Cheav, 57, village chief of Par Or in Keh Chung commune, told the Post that he and villager Rochom Preang were questioned in provincial court yesterday about the alleged March protest against Ly Sokkim Co, Ltd, which bought the land in 2007. …

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