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Soth Koemsoeun | Publication date 04 July 2019 | 08:36 ICT Share ! "

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Ministry refuses to During Wednesday’s gathering, the authorities clashed with protesters for almost 10 minutes. No one intervene in Koh was seriously injured, but some protesters suffered minor bruises. P Heng Chivoan Kong land dispute

More than 100 villagers, representing 197 families from Chi Khor Krom and Chi Khor Leu communes in ’s Sre Ambel district, protested again on Chi Khor Leu land Wednesday and clashed with authorities in front of the Ministry of Land Management, dispute resolution Urban Planning and Construction after the ministry had rejected their claims on reached Monday.

Det Hour, a representative of the families who hail from Chhouk, Chi Khor and Tany Koh Kong villagers villages in Chi Khor Leu district and Chambak village in Chi Khor Krom commune, locked in land dispute told The Post on Wednesday that she came to Phnom Penh to protest again because grilled in defamation the ministry had declined to solve their land dispute. case https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-land-protesters-clash Page 1 of 4 Police, land protesters clashPhnom Penh Post 8/10/20, 11:22 PM

She said the protesters gathered in front of the ministry to demand it find a resolution to their dispute with Heng Huy Agriculture Group, which has been ongoing since 2007. Koh Kong villagers deny dispute resolved During Wednesday’s gathering, the authorities clashed with protesters for almost 10 minutes. No one was seriously injured in the incident, but some protesters suffered minor bruises.

Hour said the police warned the protesters not to return because the ministry had Koh Kong villagers seek US intervention decided not to address their concerns. in land dispute

“I cannot accept it. It’s very unjust. They grabbed my land and gave my rights away, but the officials refuse to give us justice. We need our land back,” she said. Tea Banh: ‘Outside pressure’ triggering Koh Another protester, In Thou, 40, also told The Post that the ministry’s decision was Kong disputes unfair. She said most of the 197 families had lived and grown crops in the area since 1993, with some villagers coming to live and farm there in 1995.

“In 2007, a private company owned by Okhna Heng Huy cleared the land and destroyed the villagers’ agricultural crops, and even threatened to kill me if I dared to protest,” she said.

Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction spokesman Seng Lot could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. Tea Banh, the Minister of National Defence A statement issued by the ministry on Monday said a related land dispute involving and head of a national working group in 987 families over sugar plantation concession land, used to produce sugar for export, Koh Kong province, said on Tuesday that had already been resolved. national and local “For the 197 families who came to protest at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Chinese Embassy Planning and Construction on June 1, claiming they were involved in the land dispute, petitioned in fact, they are not involved and will not be given a resolution,” the statement said.

The villagers’ petition requested that 421ha be removed from Heng Huy and returned to villagers. They also demanded compensation of $7,000 per family. Woman seriously Heng Huy Agriculture Group owner Heng Huy could not be reached for comment. injured in clash with authorities

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