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Phnom Penh - At least eight Cambodian villagers were beaten and a number of them were hospitalized after a violent stand-off with soldiers and armed police over a disputed land concession, a local human rights group said Tuesday. The villagers have long contested an 8,000-hectare land concession awarded to a Vietnamese rubber-plantation company.
The incident, which took place in Kampong Thom province in central Cambodia on Monday, is the latest in a series of land-related clashes this year in which the authorities have been accused of using violence against civilians.
Naly Pilorge, director of human rights group Licadho, said police and soldiers had tried to prevent 500 villagers from obstructing land-clearing machinery belonging to the company. Licadho condemned the violence and the presence of soldiers.
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