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Prek Takong villagers fear losing land following expiration of a land lease contract

Twenty five families in Prek Takong 1 village of Chak Angreleu commune are concerned about losing their plots of land, which were rented out to the Meanchey district authority to build a temporary sewage canal. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/prek-takong-villagers-fear-losing-land-following-expiration-of-a-land-lease-contract/

Officials reminded of land rental issue

Authorities in Takeo province yesterday reminded local border officials to pay closer attention to issues surrounding the lease of Cambodian land to Vietnamese farmers. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098330/officials-reminded-land-rental-issue/

Gov't Reports $25M From Rents in Six Months

The government earned just over $25 million in rental fees from state land leased to private companies in the first six months of the year, according to new figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. While the data shows that earning have risen, critics say ...

Japanesee NGO Admonishes Forced Evictions

A okyo-based human rights group has called on the government to cease forced evictions and branded the use of armed forces against ordinary citizens defending their land as an :unforgivable human rights violation.” Human Rights Now (HRN), which in June sent a team of Japanese investigators ...

Islands up for grabs

More than 180,000 hectares on 28 of Cambodia’s 64 islands were reclassified as state private property for 31 companies seeking land concessions between 2008 and 2010, government sub-decrees reveal. The reclassification sub-decrees, compiled by investigators at the rights group Adhoc, pave the way for firms to ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081758150/National-news/cambodias-islands-up-for-grabs.html

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