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More than 200 families in Russey Keo district request development in place and land title as authorities ask them to relocate

244 families in Lor Kambor village, Sangkat Svay Pak, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, which affected by the road development project, request the development at the place and issue land title while the authorities ask the citizens to relocate. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/11/01/more-than-200-families-in-russey-keo-demand-development-in-locations-and-ownerships/

Nearly 100 indigenous peoples in Mondulkiri province protest against authorities who taken their land

Nearly 100 indigenous people in Sen Monorom commune, Oreang district, Mondulkiri province, protested in front of the commune hall on Wednesday against authorities cutting their 255 hectares of land to Oknha. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/26/indigenous-in-mondulkiri-protest-against-authorities-who-take-their-land-to-another/

Battambang provincial governor: natural resource crime and land disputes have been steadily declining

Sok Loo, Battambang provincial governor, told Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 23 that the crackdown on crime in the province included crackdowns crimes against natural resources, such as fishing and forestry, are steadily declining. ...

Keo Kereya
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-25-0959-242702.html

200 families allege land loss for Angkor resettlement

More than 200 Siem Reap families say they are still owed compensation from the Apsara Authority for land being used to resettle displaced villagers from within the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...

Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/200-families-allege-land-loss-for-angkor-resettlement/

Representatives of 210 families protest at Siem Reap provincial hall demanding land compensation

More than 100 villagers claiming to represent more than 200 families in Prasat Bakong district,  Siem Reap province protest in front of the provincial hall on the morning of October 24 to demand fair land compensation as the market prices while officials have promised to ...

Pa Sokheng
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/24/representatives-of-210-families-protest-at-siem-reap-provincial-hall-demanding-land-compensation/

Citizens from two districts in Tbong Khmum province have submitted a petition to the relevant authorities to help resolve a long-running land dispute

More than 200 people from Memot and Tambor districts, Tbong Khmum province have filed a petition at Tbong Khmum Provincial Hall and appealed to the Court of Appeal to intervene in the years-long land dispute which makes their lives more difficult. ...

Kheang Sokmean
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/citizens-from-two-districts-in-tbong-khmum-province-have-submitted-a-petition-to-the-relevant-authorities-to-help-resolve-the-land-dispute/

PM meets with 3,200 families in Peak Sneng

As of October 22, a total of 9,065 families have agreed to voluntarily leave Angkor Archeological Park and other areas under the control of Apsara National Authority for the Run Ta Ek area in Banteay Srei district and Peak Sneng in Angkor Thom district. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-meets-3200-families-peak-sneng

Koh Kong residents ask government to expedite land settlement as authorities accuse them of entering the protected land

Residents in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, ask the government to intervene with the  authorities to expedite the resolution of land disputes as soon as possible and transparently as the authorities accused them of illegally entering the Botum Sakor National Park. ...

Nat Sopheap
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/18/koh-kong-residents-ask-government-to-expedite-land-settlement/

70 families in Phnom Krom village, Siem Reap province demand for land titles

Seventy families in Phnom Krom village, Sangkat Siem Reap, Siem Reap city, have requested Siem Reap provincial authorities to grant them land titles as they claim the land is in dispute with soldiers. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/10/70-families-in-phnom-krom-siem-reap-demand-land-title/

NagaWorld Workers Summoned in ‘Breaking and Entering’ Complaint

Four NagaWorld protestors have asked for a delay to a court summons related to a complaint by the casino corporation alleging they illegally entered the premises. ...

Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/nagaworld-workers-summoned-in-breaking-and-entering-complaint/

Tbong Khmum Land Activist Beaten in Phnom Penh

A land activist from Tbong Khmum province was allegedly beaten in Phnom Penh on Sunday while attending a seminar in the capital. ...

Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/tbong-khmum-land-activist-beaten-in-phnom-penh/

Seventy families want titles on land claimed by Apsara authority

Around 70 Siem Reap families want local authorities to give them titles to land they say has been occupied by generations and more recently claimed by the military. ...

Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/seventy-families-want-titles-on-land-claimed-by-apsara-authority/

Government asks residents in Preah Dak commune to block new construction and new entrants despite no demolition

The government has told residents in Preah Dak commune, Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap province, to help prevent new construction and newcomers, as well as to avoid using the land next to the Angkor sites as property or buying and selling, while claiming that there ...

Pa Sokheng
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/07/govt-asks-residents-in-preah-dak-commune-to-block-new-construction/

Residents of Angkor remain concerned about evictions despite government insistence on demolition and relocation in place

Some residents of the Angkor area in Siem Reap remain concerned about forced evictions, despite the government reaffirming that there will be no demolition and relocating them. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/07/angkor-residents-remain-concerned-about-eviction-despite-government-confirmation/

Prek Ta Kong villagers ask authorities to issue land titles due to rear of eviction

Sixty-five families in Prek Ta Kong village, Chak Angre Leu commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, ask the authorities issue them land titles as soon as possible, as they have lived on the land for many years and fear “eviction” for further development reasons from seeing ...

ប៉ា សុខេង
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/07/prek-ta-kong-villagers-demand-land-giving-authorities-for-fear-of-eviction/

Hun Sen asks Angkor protesters to ‘be calm’

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday denied plans to relocate thousands of residents from one area of the Angkor Archaeological Park following protests. ...

Pa Sokheng
https://vodenglish.news/hun-sen-asks-angkor-protesters-to-be-calm/

Civil society groups call for speedy resolution of land disputes at new airport

On the occasion of the 37th World Habitat Day, 84 civil society organizations called on the Royal Government to expedite resolve land disputes at New Phnom Penh International Airport in Kandal and Takeo provinces, but government spokespersons considered this proposal as an advocacy because the ...

Nov Sivutha
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2022-10-04-0843-241741.html

Residents have been in a land dispute with the sugar cane company Ly Yong Phat continues to seek justice while not yet get compensation

Hundreds of hectares of green plantations of Ly Yong Phat surrounded by mountains in Oral district, Kampong Speu province seem to reflect the prosperous lives of nearby villagers, but some people claim that they are living in a state of mental crisis due to the ...

Tuk Piseth
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/02/residents-have-been-in-a-land-dispute-with-the-sugar-cane-company-tycoon-ly-yong-phat-continues-to-seek-justice-while-not-yet-get-compensation/

More than 400 people protest at Botum Sakor District Hall demanding speedy settlement of land issues

More than 400 people representing 557 families from three communities in Prelan commune, Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province gathered at the district hall this Thursday morning to urged authorities to expedite the settlement of land disputes, claiming that Ly Yong Phat’s company had grabbed ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/29/more-than-400-people-protest-at-botum-sakor-district-hall-demanding-speedy-resolution-of-land-issues/

More than 20 families in Kampot province accuse a powerful person of encroaching on their land and sue many people for imprisonment

Approximately 26 families in Kep province who have plantations in Kampot province accuse a powerful person of encroaching on nearly 60 hectares of their land and sued the people to threaten to demoralize not to protest. ...

Mean Rith
https://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/more-than-20-families-in-kampot-accuse-an-influential-person-of-encroaching-on-their-land-and-imprisoning-them-09082022112709.html

49 families in land dispute with Cheam Phen continue to ask for the intervention of the prime minister

Approximately 49 families living in Chamrang point, Keo Phos commune, Preah Sihanouk province, who have land dispute with Mr. Cheam Phen, the owner of Leo Beer again continue to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to urge his subordinates to cut 352 hectares of farmland ...

Mao Sotheany
https://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/49-families-in-sihanoukville-have-land-dispute-with-oknha-cheam-phen-and-continue-to-ask-for-hun-sen-intervention-09282022130759.html

Nearly 100 families in Kampong Chhnang province concerned about losing land after no resolution from authorities

Nearly 100 Families in Tang Krasaing commune, Teuk Phos district, Kampong Chhnang province concerns about losing land after negotiations with disputing parties under the coordination of the provincial authorities with no positive results. ...

Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/28/nearly-100-families-in-kampong-chhnang-concerned-about-losing-land-after-no-resolution-from-authorities/

Sar Kheng: Focus on land row settlement

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged sub-national administrations to increase monitoring and control of illegal land encroachment in protected areas to further prevent these crimes.   ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-focus-land-row-settlement

Protesters demand speedy land dispute resolution at ministry

More than 700 people affected by land disputes gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday to protest in front of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction. The protesters who came from Koh Kong, Kampong Speu, Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear provinces demanded a ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesters-demand-speedy-land-dispute-resolution-ministry

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