Villager arrested over recent KDC land dispute clashes

22 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Provincial and local governments
Chea Kheng / KDC International / Lor Peang village / Suy Sem / U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights / Wan-Hea Lee

A 36-year-old villager was arrested at his home in Kompong Chhnang province Monday on allegations of destroying public property and causing injuries during one of several recent clashes in a long-running land dispute between farmers and the powerfully connected KDC International. Villagers say KDC, a firm owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, illegally grabbed their land in 2002 and took the case to court in 2007. The arrest of Mang Yav in Kompong Tralach district Monday brings to four the number of people who have been arrested for their efforts to stop the company from developing on the disputed land. …

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