Villagers demand millions

31 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Adhoc / Hun Sen / Laoka ethnic community / Villa Development / Yim Luch

More than 200 ethnic families in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom town filed complaints to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet and the provincial court yesterday, asking for the cancellation of Villa Development’s land concession and demanding $500 million for allegedly destroying their resin trees. The complaint is the ninth one launched on behalf of 273 families in the Laoka ethnic community in Sokadom commune after previous complaints were ignored by local authorities, according to villagers, who blamed the lack of attention on the connections between provincial Deputy Governor Yim Luch and his wife, the owner of Villa Development. …

 Phak Seangly
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