Tag: land dispute

Nine villagers from Kandal province who were arrested while protesting against a new airport were released on bail on September 20, 2021. Photo Supplied

Nine villagers who protested against new airport to be tried

9 Sep 2022 9:42 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

The Kandal Provincial Court’s investigating judge Vann Sopanha has decided to send the case of nine people arrested after protesting against a new mega-airport project…

The Kouy Indigenous community in Bramer village protest over their land dispute, Tbeng Meanchey district, Preah Vihear province. February 2022. Photo Sut Savon.

Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes

7 Sep 2022 9:16 AM|
Try Thaney|

The representatives of two different indigenous communities in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces are calling for government intervention to help solve long-running land disputes…

Tho Oeun and his family live in a dilapidated house after their economic situation deteriorated following the loss of their land. Photo taken on May 17, 2022. Supplied by CFCC

Twenty-one Kratie families lost farmland to social concession

17 Aug 2022 2:59 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Twenty-one families involved in a years-long land dispute in Kratie province’s Chhlong district, say they are struggling to make ends meet after losing their farmland…

Villagers facing eviction to make way for the new airport meet with company representatives and Land Management Ministry officials in Kandal Stung district on July 7, 2022. CamboJA

Families affected by Kandal airport demand clarity on compensation

8 Jul 2022 7:00 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Sixty Families affected by a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province met with representatives from the company responsible as well as officials from the…

A CPP sample ballot posted on a pillar of Bo Leap's house in the Kampong Talong village of Kandal province. Photo taken May 30, 2022. CamboJA/ Sorn Sarath

CPP silent on Kandal mega-airport dispute as other parties promise solutions

3 Jun 2022 8:29 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Residents locked in a heated dispute with local officials and developers of the new mega-airport project in Kandal province say ruling party politicians have not…

A Chinese company's warehouse is seen at the site of a land dispute in Trapaing Pring commune in Tbong Khmum province. Picture taken May 28, 2022. CamboJA/ Khuon Narim

Villagers in land dispute hope new commune councillors will help

1 Jun 2022 3:21 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Dambe district, Tbong Khmum province: Residents of Trapaing Pring commune who are involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company say they’ll be voting…

More than 400 poor farmers submit a petition at the Sre Ambel District Hall in Koh Kong Province, asking for social land concessions for farming. Photo taken on May 5, 2022. Supplied by CCFC

Impoverished Koh Kong Community Asks Government for Land

10 May 2022 11:18 AM|
Seoung Nimol|

Landless families in Koh Kong’s impoverished “Community 766” have petitioned the government to provide them with a social land concession where they can live and…