Villagers want ELC revoked
Hundreds of indigenous families from Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district have demanded the government cancel the economic land concession of a Vietnamese rubber company that they say is illegally prospecting for gold. About a dozen people representing 384 families handed a petition to CNRP lawmakers yesterday requesting Jing Ly Investment Co’s ELC be scrapped. In the letter, organised by the rights group Adhoc, the group accused the company of clearing 150 hectares of some 784 hectares of forest reserved for the indigenous communities. …
Phak Seangly
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