Rights Committee Investigates Land Dispute
The government’s Human Rights Committee has visited villagers in a long-running land dispute in Battambang province to find out whether members of their community have been unfairly imprisoned in recent years for land encroachment, local authorities and villagers said yesterday. Officials from committee, which is headed by Anti-Corruption Unit chairman Om Yentieng, interviewed villagers in Bavel district’s Khnach Romeas commune yesterday and Wednesday over their claim to 161 hectares of disputed territory with local businessman Eang Oeun, commune chief Lam Vanny said. …
