Two Arrested in Pursat as Further Evictions Loom

23 July 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease
arrested / Choa Samnang / crimes / demolish homes / disputed area / Forests / homes / illegal logging / Kim Chantheoun / Kompong Kdey village / Krapoeu Pi commune / local authorities / measuring plots / Pang Chansoyutheara / provincial authorities / Provincial Court / Pursat Province / Residents / secessionist plot / Veal Veng district / villagers

Two more people in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district have been arrested in conjunction with what local authorities are calling a secessionist plot, while provincial authorities threatened to demolish more homes if residents do not leave a disputed area, officials said yesterday. Deputy provincial court prosecutor Pang Chansoyutheara said that Kim Chantheoun, 50, and Choa Samnang, 40, were arrested on Thursday for illegally clearing state forest and measuring plots for villagers and—along with three other people arrested since July 16 in Krapoeu Pi commune’s Kompong Kdey village for the same crimes—charged by the provincial court on Friday. ...