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Villagers in Kampong Speu province who are involved in a land dispute with the Phnom Penh Sugar Company protest the arrest of community representatives outside the provincial court on March 24. ( Photo by: Will Baxter)By May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
HUNDREDS of villagers affected by an economic land concession in Kampong Speu province’s Omlaing commune complained during a public forum Thursday that soldiers and company employees were preventing them from planting corn on their land, even though they had been issued new land titles.
During the forum, organised by the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), villagers, rights groups, parliamentarians and local authorities discussed disputes stemming from the 9,000-hectare land concession granted to the Phnom Penh Sugar Company, which is owned by Cambodian People’s Party senator Ly Yong Phat.
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