Report finds Cambodia’s land disputes back on the rise
Following a dip in 2009, new land disputes increased last year by more than 50 percent to 28, while the total number of ongoing cases is now 282, according to a report released yesterday by the NGO Forum. Culled from media and field reports, each recorded land dispute case was then screened and verified repeatedly. Twenty-eight new cases were recorded in 2010 – an uptick from the 18 cases in 2009, but still significantly less than the 48 cases reported in 2008. Battambang, Banteay Meachey and Preah Sihanouk provinces and Phnom Penh saw the most disputes in 2010…
