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A two-meter wide canal, dug by the new airport company in 2021, cut off access for farmers to their farmland on December 06, 2023. (CamboJA / Phon Sothyroth)

Takeo Farmers Begrudge $1 Per Square Meter Land Compensation by Phnom Penh Airport Developer

Nearly 100 farmers in Bati district whose land had been earmarked for the development of the $1.5 billion Techo Takhmao International Airport project are appealing to the new government for a solution for the loss of livelihood after canals were dug up by tycoon Pung Khiev Se’s Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC). They claim that seeking solutions from the local authorities for the issue, which has prolonged for two years now, are ineffective.
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers (from L) Mu Sochua, Kem Sokha, Sam Rainsy and Long Ry greet supporters at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh after Rainsy returned to Cambodia, on July 19, 2013.CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Rainsy, CNRP deputies get 20+ years prison over 2019 ‘coup’

Nine leaders of the outlawed Cambodian National Rescue Party have been sentenced to between 20 and 25 years in prison for their alleged roles in a 2019 coup d’etat, in one of a series of cases against opposition figures that have been labeled a “mockery of justice” by observers.