Villagers Burn Down Soldiers’ Shelter on Disputed Land

14 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Land tenure and land titling
Adhoc / CIV Company Development Agro-Industry / Disputed Land / KDC / KDC agro-industry firm / Kompong Chhnang / Kompong Chhnang Province / Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court / Kompong Tralach district / land demarcation / Minister of Industry Mines and Energy Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Ministry of Management / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Ta Ches commune

Three members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on Monday filed a complaint with police in Kompong Chhnang province, accusing irate villagers of torching a wooden shelter built for them by the well-connected KDC agro-industry firm. The soldiers have accused local residents, who have been involved in a years-long land dispute with KDC, which is owned by the wife of Industry Minister Suy Sem, of burning down a wooden shelter on Saturday where the soldiers were stationed on the disputed land in Kompong Tralach district. … Contacted yesterday, residents in the area said they were provoked into starting the fire when groups of unidentified men showed up on Friday and Saturday and began to measure and install demarcation posts on the 145 hectares of land over which 51 families have fought with KDC for ownership rights since 2007. …

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