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Two Held For Razing Huts In Land Dispute

15 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
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Ratanakkiri provincial police on Monday arrested the chief of staff of a Vietnamese rubber concessionaire and his Cambodian translator who are believed to have burned down more than $5,000 worth of property related to a land dispute in O’Chum district, police said. Meas Pov Bora, chief ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565632/National/two-held-for-razing-huts-in-land-dispute.html

Vietnam rubber tycoon rejects land grabbing accusations

14 May 2013
Thanh Nien News
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A Vietnamese rubber tycoon has rejected accusations by Global Witness, a group that campaigns on resource issues, that it was involved in a land grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia. Doan Nguyen Duc, the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group, told Vietnamese media the information ...

http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20130514-vietnam-rubber-tycoon-rejects-land-grabbing-accusations.aspx

IFC, Deutsche Bank respond to Global Witness report

On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/ifc-deutsche-bank-respond-to-global-witness-report/1130314

Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy

14 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/

Deutsche Bank, IFC Rubber Investments Questioned

13 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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Deutsche Bank and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have poured millions of dollars into Vietnamese rubber companies operating in Cambodia that have engaged in illegal logging and forced evictions of local farmers, the environmental rights group Global Witness says in a new report ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deutsche-bank-ifc-rubber-investments-questioned-23598/