Villages blocked from delivering complaint

10 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Human rights / Land / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Chea Kheng / Duong Chantra / KDC company / Suy Sem

Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities allegedly locked villagers out of the provincial hall after dozens came to deliver a complaint against the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, before locking out a newly appointed councilor who left the building to talk with them. The villagers from Ta Ches commune have been locked in a dispute with businesswoman Chea Kheng’s KDC company since 2007 over 145 hectares of land. A group of 40 of them gathered at the provincial hall on Monday to file a complaint while senior officials had gathered for the appointment of 15 recently elected provincial councilors, said villager representative Reach Seima. …

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