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Y Chhien quits Pailin council despite show of support

10 October 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Provincial and local governments
Ban Sreymom / Koeut Sothea / Kong Duong / Ministry of Interior / Pailin Provincial Council / Pailin Provincial Information Department / Sak Setha / Y Chhien

Y Chhien, the three-star military general and former bodyguard of Pol Pot, has resigned from his position as chief of the Pailin Provincial Council, an Interior Ministry official confirmed on Thursday. Rumors had circulated for days that Lieutenant General Chhien, the first governor of Pailin, would ...

 Matt Blomberg and Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/y-chhien-quits-pailin-council-despite-show-of-support-69520/

Casino sold to relative of CPP lawmaker

30 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Industries / Provincial and local governments / Tourism
Ban Kea / Ban Sreymom / Dreamworld Casino / Entertainment Gaming Asia / Melco International Development / Sao Sarat / Thailand / Y Chhean

Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) last week sold Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province for $500,000 to a relative of the CPP lawmaker—and wife of former provincial governor Y Chhean—who owns the land on which the company built the casino, according to a press release Thursday. The gaming ...

 Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/dreamworld-casino-sold-to-relative-of-cpp-lawmaker-62750/

Release our relatives: evictees

20 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Ban Sreymom / Stung Trang commune / Y Chhien

The families of four people from Pailin province’s Krinh village who have been incarcerated since March for allegedly living on state land are calling for their release. Fifty-year-old Nheb Nharn said that he and his wife, Om Som Ath, had lived on the land in Stung ...

 May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/release-our-relatives-evictees

Families file complaint over Pailin governor

4 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crime and law enforcement / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Government / Human rights / Land / Land classifications / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Provincial and local governments / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Ban Sreymom / Sala Krao commune / Vor Roum / Y Chhien

The 19 families in Pailin province who were told by police and military police on Saturday to vacate their land filed a complaint with Adhoc on Monday, the provincial coordinator for the NGO said. Authorities told the families to move on Saturday from the 95-hectares they ...

 Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-file-complaint-over-pailin-governor-53443/

Pailin governor orders 19 families to move off his land

3 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crime and law enforcement / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Ban Sreymom / National Military Police / Y Chhien

More than 60 police and military police informed 19 families farming on a plot of land in Pailin province’s Sala Krao district on Saturday that they would have to move as they were growing crops on state land. However, Prak Sophima, provincial coordinator for rights group ...

 Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pailin-governor-orders-19-families-to-move-off-his-land-53397/

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