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Union Development Group in Koh Kong Land Fight, Volunteers Requested C A M B O D I A Tag Archives: Union Development Group In Koh Kong land fight, volunteers requested December 27th, 2012, The Phnom Penh Post, Construction, Disputed Land, Economic Land Concessions , Infrastructure, Land Tenure, News, News Source More than 30 representatives of families who claim a dispute piece of land in Koh Kong province went to provincial hall for the second time yesterday and submitted an official request to allow Prime Minister tt nn ee mm pp oo ll ee vv eepp DDOOHunee Senn’s youth volunteer corps to measure the area. … Sen David About Briefing s Maps Downloads Companies Laws & Reg ulations Natural Resources Census Data News Blog Links http://www.phnompenhpost.com/20121227604 93/National/in-koh-kong-land-fight-volunteers- requested.html Villagers in Land Dispute Ask Hu Jintao’s Help March 30th, 2012, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development, Construction, Environment & Natural Resources, International Relations, Land Tenure, News In an effort to stop their homes from being swallowed up by a Chinese mega-tourism project, Koh Kong villagers said they will submit a petition to the Chinese Embassy today, calling for intervention from visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. Villager representative Tith Ten, 54 , from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, said that a group of 20 villagers plan to bring a petition thumbprinted by 34 9 people to the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh as Mr. Hu arrives for his visit, which also coincides with next week’s Asean Summit. Since 2008, the Chinese company Union Development Group (UDG) has begun clearing—with permission from the government—36,000 hectares of forest on the Koh Kong province coastline to build a $3.8 billion tourism zone with hotels, golf courses and an airport. … Hul Reaksmey with additional reporting by Simon Lewis, P.17 http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/ (Note: Infrequently Updated.) Koh Kong intervention sought March 9th, 2012, The Phnom Penh Post, Business & Commercial Development, Construction, Disputed Land, Economic Land Concessions , Foreign Investment, Industry Updates Home, Land Tenure, Real Estate, Social Concerns, Tourism The provincial office of rights group Licadho has called on Koh Kong provincial politicians to help more than 1,000 families being forcibly evicted to make way for a sprawling gambling resort and other development, representative said yesterday. More than 130 families, from three villages in Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts in Koh Kong province, had filed complaints to Licadho between April and December last year, asking for intervention after staff from Chinese company Tianjin Union Development Group and military police allegedly tried to force them off their land. “We would like to ask the company to stop taking military police to burn down villagers’ homes, to stop forcing and threatening villagers – let them live on their land,” the letter says. Union Group is Share transforming 34 0 square kilometres of Botum Sakor into a resort that will include gambling as well as hotels and an ecotourism development. … May Tittihara, P. 9 http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030954 950/National-news/koh-kong-intervention- sought.html Villagers take case to capital February 29th, 2012, The Phnom Penh Post, Disputed Land, Land Tenure, News, Tourism Representatives from five communes in Koh Kong province engaged in a long-running land dispute with a private Chinese firm urged the government to issue them proper land titles during a press conference in the capital yesterday. Representative Chhai Beng Hout asked the government to instruct the company – Union Development Representative Chhai Beng Hout asked the government to instruct the company – Union Development Group Co, Ltd – to allow residents to remain on their land. The area could easily be carved out of the company’s 4 5,000-hectare land concession, he said. In 2008, Union Development Group received a 36,000 hectare land grant from the government to build a US$5 billion mega-tourism zone in Botum Sakor and Kiri Sakor districts. Such a concession breaches Cambodian land law, which limits government land concessions to private companies to 10,000 hectares. May Tittihara, P. 3 http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022954 775/National-news/villagers-take-case-to- capital.html Villagers ask for Government’s Help in Koh Kong Land Dispute February 29th, 2012, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development, Disputed Land, Foreign Investment, Land Tenure, News, Tourism Koh Kong villagers facing the loss of their land to a Chinese mega-tourism project held a news conference in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal to the government for the right to remain on their property. Kith Ten, 54 , from Kiri Sakor district’s Prek Khsach commune, one of 13 village representatives speaking at the conference at NGO Forum’s headquarters, said that workers from Chinese firm Union Development Group (UDG) had threatened villagers and forced them to accept compensation to move off their land. … Since 2008, a project has been under way to turn part of Koh Kong’s once-pristine coastline into a $3.8 billion tourism zone, complete with hotels, golf courses and an airport. The government has given UDG permission to clear 36,000 hectares, or about a quarter, of Botum Sakor National Park for their extensive plans. … Hul Reaksmey, P. 18 http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/ (Note: Infrequently Updated.) Villagers block national road in call for land December 7th, 2011, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development, Construction, Disputed Land, Economic Land Concessions , Foreign Investment, Industry, Infrastructure, Land Tenure, Tourism More than 250 villagers blocked National Road 4 8 yesterday in Koh Kong province while protesting against their eviction from their Kiri Sakor district homes, slowing traffic for more than eight hours, officials said… Prom Sann, a representative for the villagers, said the protesters represented 250 families who have not received two hectares of land that was promised to them in compensation for leaving their coastal village and relocating to a site about 15km inland… Phok Dorn, p.24 http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/ (Note: Infrequently Updated.) Villagers to block roads in protest December 6th, 2011, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development, Disputed Land, Economic Land Concessions, Environment & Natural Resources, Environmental change, Foreign Investment, Industry, Land Tenure, Tourism Hundreds of people whose land has been swallowed by a giant Chinese tourism project on the coast of Koh Kong province will attempt to demonstrate their grievances today by blocking national roads 4 and 4 8, villagers and human rights workers said… Protesters have been resisting China’s Union Development Group since 2008, when the government approved the firm’s $3.8 billion property project, which is designed to come complete with its own airport, golf course and high-end hotel complexes. The government has granted the company a total of 4 5,000 hectares of land inside the Botum Sakor National Park… Phok Dorn, p.23 http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/ (Note: Infrequently Updated.) Villagers Struggle in Face of Chinese Tourism Project July 26th, 2011, The Cambodia Daily, Business & Commercial Development Villagers along the Koh Kong province’s coastline have been relocated by a Chinese development company as they have not been granted access to their farm land which falls within the development area and are running short of food. 20 tons of rice have been delivered by local authorities to the 4 13 villagers. China’s Union Development Group plans to build an airport in the Botum Sakor National Park on 30,000 hectares that was granted as a concession in 2008, along with the airport they plan to turn the area into a tourism zone with hotels and a golf course. (By Hul Reaksmey and Simon Marks, pg. 26) http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/ (Note: Infrequently Updated.) SEARCH search here... 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