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A rubber plantation at Rattanakiri province, some 325 kilometers (202 miles) northeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AP)Washington, D.C
Friday, 14 May 2010
The secretive nature of land deals inside Cambodia leads to problems down the road, with villagers rarely able to find out what might happen to them when a big business comes to their area, a leading rights worker said Thursday.
“When the company has not yet started, we see that people don’t know whether or how much the company’s activities will affect them, because they don’t have documents,” said Ny Chakrya, head of the land rights program for Adhoc.
“That’s why we see that when the company starts activities in accordance to what they have requested from the government, we always see them facing conflict with the people,” he said, speaking as a guest on “Hello VOA.” “That means when they start, it always violates the land of the people.”
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