By Meas Sokchea and Sebastian Strangio
The Phnom Penh Post
Law may increase evictions of poor communities, critics say.
THE National Assembly voted Monday to approve the first articles in the controversial draft Law on Expropriations, despite concerns voiced by opposition members and NGOs that the law could be used to dispossess people with legitimate land claims.
The draft, approved by the Council of Ministers earlier this month, sets out procedures for the expropriation of land from property owners for use in public infrastructure works or other projects deemed to be in the “public interest”.
During its session on Monday morning, the Cambodian People’s Party-dominated Assembly voted to approved the first five of the law’s 39 articles without amendments.
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