Sand rises as villagers wait
Thirteen families in Phnom Penh’s O’andoung village, who have been locked in a long-running dispute with tycoon Sok Kong’s Sokimex company, say their land is being flooded with sand as they wait for a response to a complaint filed with Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month. At the end of last month, villagers said, Meanchey district governor Kuoch Chamreoun told them they had to leave their farms on a 21-hectare stretch of land in Prek Bra commune, which they have farmed for a decade. … Sokimex and another company, Phan Imex, were engaged in a dispute over about 55 hectares of land. The disagreement was resolved in 2010 following the intervention of authorities. …
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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