"Government officials should visit proposed concession sites to make sure a deal won't hurt the environment or the land of the people."
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC Tuesday, 07 September 2010
Around 600 families in Kampong Speu province have become the victims of land grabs under government concession to a rubber plantation, a rights investigator said Monday, and more can be expected in the future without a change in government policy.
The ongoing dispute between villagers and the Phnom Penh Sugar Industrial Co., Ltd., owned by Ly Yong Phat, a senator for the Cambodian People's Party, has led to arrests and violent protests.
Rotha Vy, a Kampong Speu investigator for the rights group Adhoc, told “Hello VOA” the government must consider a licensing process that can prevent such conflicts.
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