Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Land dispute prompts civil case solution

Monday, 07 March 2011
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post

Ratanakkiri provincial court issued a summons for three ethnic Tumpoun minority residents of Bakeo district’s Paor village, to appear at a hearing related to a private company’s accusations that they had illegally seized 100 hectares of their land.

The summons was sent on Wednesday to Long Lorn, a lawyer for local rights group Adhoc, which represents the codefendants Rorch Phoen, Horn Ror and Kvas Ti, requesting their presence in a civil case in provincial court on March 22, which Long Lorn confirmed they would attend.

“We will prepare some documents and witnesses to explain [our position] in court,” he said.

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