Villagers Seize Trucks in Protest

28 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
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More than 300 protesters seized two company trucks outside the Kratie office of Korean-owned timber company Think Biotech Co yesterday as protests by villagers who allege land-grabbing continued for a second day. …

“We have seized the company’s two trucks to ask the company to come and settle, but they refused to negotiate and are conspiring with authorities to arrest me and two others,” community representative Sam No, 54, said. …

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