Heng Reaksmey
VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“The company clears the forest before the rubber plantation so that’s why the company has a lot of income before they help people.”
The Sam Rainsy Party has sent a request to Prime Minister Hun Sen requesting that he cancel economic land concessions in Prey Lang forest, in the east of the country, where thousands are villagers say their livelihoods are under threat.
Nine SRP parliamentarians singled out more than 6,000 hectares in a concession to a Vietnamese company, CRCK, among others, and suggested the forest be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.
Hun Sen approved a 70-year lease to CRCK in September 2009, clearing the way for a contract between the company and Ministry of Agriculture for the clearance of forest for a rubber plantation.
In their letter, SRP lawmakers said more than 29,000 people from four different provinces had signed a petition for intervention in the concessions.
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