Villagers gather earlier this week to listen to an Adhoc coordinator after a confrontation with authorities in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district. Fourteen villagers are serving pretrial detention in connection with the case. (Photo by: Rann Reuy)Thursday, 06 May 2010
By Rann Reuy
The Phnom Penh Post
SIEM REAP
AROUND 50 villagers whose farming equipment was confiscated Monday in connection with an ongoing land dispute in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district have vowed to continue sleeping on the streets of the provincial town, saying they would not be able to eat if they were to return home.
Some of those who have remained in Siem Reap are among the 32 villagers who were arrested and briefly detained on Monday night after they refused to stop clearing a 150-hectare area of land in Phnom Kulen National Park.
The group also includes the families of 14 villagers who on Tuesday were placed in pretrial detention after being charged with “destruction of trees in state plantation land”.
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