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Oxley to acquire Cambodian asset for US$11.2m
- 15 July 2013
- Singapore Business Review
- Economy and commerce / Land
- CityStar Phnom Penh Cottages Ltd / commercial development / CPPC / land / land acquisition / land assets / land development / land tenure / Oxley Holdings Limited / Oxley-Worldbridge / Oxley-Worldbridge (Cambodia) Co Ltd / purchase agreements / Residential Development / share sales / Trade policy and regulation
In a release, Oxley Holdings Limited announced that the Group’s 49%-owned associated company, Oxley-Worldbridge (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., had entered into an amendment agreement dated 1 July 2013 in respect of a share sale and purchase agreement dated 22 May 2013 to acquire all the shares ...
Despite Land Loss, Minorities Back Status Quo
- 15 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Elections / Environment and natural resources / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pepper / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development
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Romam Gvin could be described as a counterintuitive voter. Intuition might lead you to believe that Mr. Gvin blames the government for the loss of his land to the Vietnamese rubber company that now owns everything for as far as the eye can see here in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/despite-land-loss-minorities-back-status-quo-34786/
Cambodia marks Forest Day
- 9 July 2013
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Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. The celebration was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni and attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and senior officials of the government, the parliament, ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/09/c_132525872.htm
Families complain governor’s crooked
- 9 July 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber
- ACU / Adhoc / Anti-Corruption Unit / Chea Ksan district / Chea Ksan district governor / Corruption / Disputed Land / evictions / forced evictions / Forests / illegal logging / land / land conflicts / land disputes / Land rights / Land-grabbing / logging / Long Sitha / Lor Chan / Phnom Penh / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Preah Vihear Provincial Court / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sok Hay / timber
More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since April against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said a total of 31 families ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070966736/National/families-complain-governor-s-crooked.html
Critics Say Hun Sen’s Land Title Program Is Biased
- 8 July 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Environment and natural resources / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
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A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ...
Villagers Say Homes Being Purposely Flooded
- 4 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Land / Land tenure and land titling
- compensation / construction / Dangkao district / Dangkao district governor Nuth Put Dara / Disputed Land / evictions / flooding / Floods / forced evictions / Housing / housing rights / Housing Rights Task Force / Infrastructure / Khva village / land / land ownership / Land policy and administration / Land rights / land tenure / Nuth Put Dara / Phnom Penh / property damage / sand dredging / water pumps
More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-homes-being-purposely-flooded-33317/
Housing Activists Clash With Police in Street Protest
- 1 July 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Gender / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Women in development
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At least two women were injured Monday as housing rights activists clashed with police in Phnom Penh. The activists had been demonstrating by sitting in a major street in front of City Hall to demand land titles in two ongoing land disputes in the capital, those ...
Rubber Company Joins CPP Gift-Giving Ceremony in Ratanakkiri
- 1 July 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Public land lease / Rubber / Sugar
- Cambodians People's Party / Committee for Free and Fair Elections / CPP / deforestation / Deutsche Bank / Doan Nguyen Duc / ELCs / election law / Elections / Global Witness / HAGL / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / illegal logging / Kon Mom district / land / National Election Committee Secretary-General Tep Nytha / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / rubber / Serei Mongkol commune / Tep Nytha / Vietnamese rubber companies / Vietnamese Rubber Company 72
Representatives of a Vietnamese rubber firm that has been accused of contributing to the illegal deforestation of vast tracts of land in northeast Cambodia joined local CPP-aligned government officials in Ratanakkiri province on Friday to hand out rice, salt and sugar to more than 400 ...
ADB to loan $55 million to Cambodia's rice sector
- 28 June 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $55 million to help transform the rice sector of Cambodia into a viable commercial industry as well as taking care of the land and water resources. ADB’s Climate-Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program―which will run ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZjI4NDZjMzFlMmE
Desperate families pursue final options
- 28 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling
- compensation / Disputed Land / evictions / forced evictions / illegal land occupation / land / land conflicts / land disputes / Land rights / Land titles / LICADHO / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Supreme Court / villagers
Families who claim a foreigner fabricated documents to sell their land to port officials and a military commander more than seven years ago have desperately appealed to government bodies to intervene. The 104 families who have exhausted legal avenues after both the provincial and Supreme Court ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062866543/National/desperate-families-pursue-final-options.html
Unlike Past Elections, Property Investors Remain Buoyant
- 28 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Land
- Boeng Keng Kang 1 commune / Bonna Realty / Bonna Realty Group / Booyoung Group / CBRE / construction / Construction projects / CPP / Economics / Elections / Investment / land / land development / land ownership / land prices / land tenure / national elections / Phnom Penh / Property / Pur Senchey district / Real estate / Real estate / Sciaroni and Associates / Sen Sok district
Ahead of elections 10 years ago, people across the country would hoard rice in case the vote sent the country spiraling into a state of turmoil. Businesses across the country would bide their time before making any major investments. And those who could afford to ...
Families in Land Dispute With City Detained for Questioning
- 27 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Land / Land tenure and land titling
- Boeng Kak I commune / Boeng Kak I commune chief Rith Darith / Boeung Kak I Commune / compensation / CPP / evictions / Interior Ministry / Khun Sear Import Export Company / land / Land dispute / land ownership / Land rights / land swap / land tenure / Lieutenant General Mok Chito / national penal police / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Police / Tuol Kok district
Three men locked in a land dispute with Phnom Penh authorities were questioned both by the police and the municipal court Wednesday after they were accused of destroying property on land the government has swapped with a private firm. Ly Bun Heang, said that he, his ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-in-land-dispute-with-city-detained-for-questioning-32193/
Group Considers Complaint Against Sugar Giant
- 26 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
- Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-farming / Bonsucro / Bonsucro chief executive Nick Goodall / BP / Coca-Cola / Eang Vuthy / Equitable Cambodia / Equitable Cambodia executive director Eang Vuthy / evictions / forced evictions / Human Rights / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / land / Land grabs / land ownership / Land rights / land tenure / London / rubber planations / sugar / sugar cane / sugar cane plantations / sugar exports / sugar plantations / sugar trade associations / Tate & Lyle / UK / UK High Court / UK high Court of Justice
A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethical and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K.-based sugar firm Tate & Lyle from the group unless it gives them back their land. Some ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/group-considers-complaint-against-sugar-giant-32001/
Fraud Case Highlights Bribery Around Requests for Citizenship
- 25 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Judiciary and courts / Land
- Anti-corruption law / Battambang / Battambang Province / Bribery / Bribes / Cambodian citizenship / citizenship / Corruption / Court of Appeal / Department of Foreign Affairs / investment law / Judge Chay Chandaravan / Koo Bonkwang / land / Land Law / land ownership / microlender / Ministry of Interior / national budget / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Prak Vannarith / wildlife sanctuaries
The Court of Appeal on Monday acquitted a South Korean businessman who allegedly stole $50,000 that was supposed to be used to acquire Cambodian citizenship for his boss in 2007. Koo Bonkwang, the former president of Commerce Central Finance, a microlender, said he paid the money ...
In Mondolkiri, Political Candidates Address Ethnic Minority Concerns
- 20 June 2013
- VOA Khmer
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Extractive Industries / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Industrial mining / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Mining / Public land lease / Social development
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Human rights workers and other civil society groups on Wednesday urged the competing political parties for July’s election to address the ongoing land crises and illegal deforestation that are hurting indigenous populations. About 100 people from various ethnic minority groups from five provinces attended a forum ...
Judge forces sparse settlement on family of beaten children
- 19 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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- Adhoc / agro-industry / assault / Bribery / compensation / Corruption / criminal activity / Disputed Land / DM Group / Eng Chamnag / judge Eng Chamnag / judiciary / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Ratanakkiri provincial court / Ratanakkiri Provincial Court investigating judge Eng Chamnag / rubber / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / rubber trees / rule of law
The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court yesterday forced a family whose three children were allegedly beaten by DM Group firm employees last month to accept only $1,000 in compensation in place of the $40,000 the family initially had demanded, the children’s father claimed. Ry Sarun, 52, said that ...
Police block Beoung Kak protesters
- 18 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
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More than 100 police and security guards, including riot squad members, were deployed to the capital’s Boeung Kak lake community yesterday to block a protest that, at times, involved only three shouting women. About 50 members of the Boeung Kak community tried to march from Village ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061866329/National/police-block-beoung-kak-protesters.html
BHP bribery scandal not thoroughly investigated
- 17 June 2013
- Australian Mining
- Economy and commerce / Land
- AFP / ASIC / Australian aid / Australian Federal Police / Australian Securities and Investments Commission / BHP / BHP Billiton / BHP mining deal / Bribery / Bribes / Chinese aid / corporate offences / corporate regulators / Corruption / criminal activities / Fairfax Media / freedom of information / Hun Sen / land / land acquisition / mining / mining deals / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sydney Morning Herald / tax fraud / Taxes / The Age / The Age newspaper / United States aid / US / US anti-corruption investigators / WA authorities / Western Australian Authorities / Western Australian public officials
Reports have today emerged criminal allegations that BHP Billiton employees bribed officials in Cambodia and China were not thoroughly investigated by the Australian Federal Police, with the matter instead being passed over to corporate regulator ASIC, which also ran no in-depth investigation. The documents released ...
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bhp-bribery-scandal-not-thoroughly-investigated
Jail Sentence for Anti-Eviction Activist Upheld
- 15 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- assault / Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak Lake / Boeung Kak Lake / Boueng Kak / compensation / Court of Appeal / evictions / forced evictions / Hun Sen / Judge Taing Sunlay / judiciary / Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital / land / land activists / LICADHO / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Police / Prime Minister Hun Sen / protests / riot police / Taing Sunlay / Yorm Bopha
The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the guilty verdict for anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha, but reduced her sentence from three-to two-years imprisonment, of which one year was suspended. The ruling means that Ms. Bopha will not be released until late 2014. Supporters and human rights groups ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jail-sentence-for-anti-eviction-activist-upheld-31073/
Hundreds Protest Over Forest Land Seizures
- 14 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
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More than 700 villagers from five provinces yesterday protested in front of the provincial government headquarters in Kompong Chhnang after losing their community forests to large agro-industry firms. Organized by the Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assembly- a network of communities that includes forestry and land activists as ...
Protesters Mix Petitions, Black Magic to Get Land
- 13 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Civil society / Environment and natural resources / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
- arrests / black magic / Corruption / Demonstrations / Forests / Housing / housing rights / Human Rights / land / land activists / Land grabs / Land rights / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Justice / National Assembly / natural resources / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / petitions / Phnom Penh / protests / Russei Keo district / Supreme Council of the Magistracy / Supreme Court / violent protests
Sporting red bandanas and armed with the accoutrements of Khmer black magic, several hundred demonstrators representing embattled communities throughout the country held noisy protests outside several government offices yesterday, where they placed curses on corrupt officials and submitted written petitions demanding justice. Unlike previous protests that ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/protesters-mix-petitions-black-magic-to-get-land-30761/
Call for Oversight of Cambodian Land Campaign
- 12 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
- Brad Adams / communal land / concessions / Corruption / CPP / donor countries / donors / ELCs / evictions / forced evictions / HRW / HRW Asia director Brad Adams / Human Rights Watch / Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams / Hun Sen / indigenous communal land / Indigenous Land Rights / indigenous peoples rights / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / land ownership / Land rights / Land titles / land-titling program / Mondulseima district / national elections / New York / Phnom Sruoch / Phnom Sruoch district / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / student volunteers / Surya Subedi / Thporng district / transparency / UN / UN’s special rapporteur on human rights Surya Subedi / United Nations / violent evictions / World Bank
A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-06122013150317.html
Farmers Petition to Change Agricultural Draft Law
- 10 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Law and judiciary
- agricultural development area / agricultural development areas / Agriculture & Agri-business / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community / Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community secretariat coordinator Theng Savoeun / Department of Agriculrture / draft law / draft law on management of agricultural land / Farmers / farmers rights / farming / General department of agriculture / general department of agriculture director-general Hean Vanhorn / Hean Vanhorn / Khim Chenda / land / land demarcation / Land grabs / land management / land owners / land ownership / Land rights / LICADHO / management of agricultural land / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture administration department / Ministry of Agriculture administration department director Khim Chenda / natural resources / petitions / protests / soil quality / Theng Savoeun
About 200 farmers protested in front of the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday and submitted a petition requesting changes to a draft law on the management of agricultural land, which rights groups have said could effectively legalize land grabs from poor farmers. The government says the ...
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
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Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...