Source: KI-Media
Originally posted at www.ki-media.blogspot.com
We are presenting below additional proof to the illegal leasing of farmland near the border to Vietnamese citizens. Map 1 shows the general location of the land leased with respect to a Google Earth map of Svay Rieng province.
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| Map 1: general location of the land leased with respect to a Google Earth map of Svay Rieng province. (Click on each map to zoom in) |
Map 2 shows a closed-up view to the illegal leased land. Based on Google Earth map, the contentious area is located about 4.5-kilometer from the border. According to the 2010 Cambodian law on foreign ownership, Cambodian citizens are not allowed to lease or rent out land to foreign nationals within 30 kilometer from the border.
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| Map 2: Closed-up view of the illegal leased land. Based on Google Earth map, the contentious area is located about 4.5-kilometer from the border |
Map 3 shows locations and activities currently taking place at these illegally leased farmlands.
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| Map 3: Locations and activities currently taking place at these illegally leased farmlands |
According to the villagers, they rent out their 100+ hectares to a Cambodian man from Prasat commune who serves as a “front-man” for a Vietnamese company in Tay Ninh. The rent rate is set at $100 per hectare, of which the land owners receive $75 per hectare and government officials (municipal and commune officials) receive $25 per hectare for “giving an official nod” to the illegal renting arrangement.
Below is a leasing contract signed between Mao Sok, a Cambodian citizen, and Truong Minh Tung, a Vietnamese citizen. Mao Sok whose name appears in the contract does not own the 29-hectare of farmland, he is merely a real estate broker. In this case, the contract was signed with a local government “official nod” but without the official stamp and seal.
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| Truong Ming Tung’s Vietnamese identification card |
Latest update: Local activists who revealed this illegal leasing scheme have been summoned to appear at the Bavet city hall “to answer questions on personal issues.” It appears that both the Svay Rieng provincial authority and the Bavet authority are putting pressure on these local activists to keep them quiet.
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