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A villager cuts through brushwood on disputed land in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district on Sunday to clear a site for the construction of a house. (Photo by: Rann Reuy)By Rann Reuy and Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post
Siem Reap Province
MORE than 50 families in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district cleared sections of a 150-hectare area of disputed land on Monday, despite efforts by Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldiers to prevent them from doing so, villagers said Monday.
Sor Sovann said Prime Minister Hun Sen had awarded the land to the families in 2006, but that there had been ongoing disputes with soldiers who claim it is state-owned.
He said villagers had waited for four years before trying to use the land because they had been afraid of confrontations with soldiers.
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