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Lor Peang protesters demand commission chair step down
More than four months after first taking their complaint over a land dispute to the National Assembly’s human rights commission, 50 villagers from Kompong Chhnang province on Thursday protested in front of the assembly, calling for the commission’s head to resign for failing to resolve ...
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lor-peang-protesters-demand-commission-chair-step-down-75704/
Villagers pushed to accept land deal from KDC
Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities on Thursday urged villagers locked in a land dispute with KDC International to accept compensation from the development firm, promising to request that a social land concession be granted to them. ...
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http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-pushed-to-accept-land-deal-from-kdc-67590/
Lawmakers promise end to KDC land row
The National Assembly’s newly formed bipartisan Human Rights Commission met with representatives from the embattled Lor Peang village on Monday, promising a prompt resolution to their 12-year-old dispute over 145 hectares of land in Kompong Chhnang province. Lork Kheng, deputy chair of the commission, vowed that ...
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http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parliamentarians-promise-end-to-kdc-land-row-67390/
Thai Rights Commission to Publish Report on Sugar Plantations
A final report from Thailand’s human rights commission on the alleged rights violations of a Thai company involved in two Cambodian sugar plantations is expected by late January, a member of the commission said. In July, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand said its investigation ...
Malaysian body opens first file on Cambodian deaths
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has for the first time agreed to open an inquiry into the death of a Cambodian maid, opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua said yesterday, calling the investigation “a positive sign.” Ms Sochua said that while she had in the past sent ...
