Work continues at contested KDC site

14 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Justice / Provincial and local governments / Social development
Chea Kheng / KDC International / Lor Peang village / Ministry of Justice / Suy Sem / Ta Ches commune

A company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem forged ahead with its construction of a concrete wall around a swath of disputed land in Kompong Chhnang province Friday, despite a call from the U.N.’s human rights envoy on Thursday that building be delayed until a settlement is reached with evicted farmers. KDC International, which is owned by Mr. Sem’s wife, Chea Kheng, is accused by villagers of illegally grabbing and clearing 145 hectares of land in Kompong Chhnang province in 2002. A diminishing number of families, now at 16, have refused compensation offers that they say are too small. …

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