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14 Sept 2010Free Press Magazine Online
Translated from Khmer by Ko Theak
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About 20 families of Cambodian ethnic minority living in Ratanakiri province are preparing a lawsuit against a Viet company that is clearing and grabbing their farmlands.
Bou Vit, the Ta Veng village chief, indicated that a company by the name of Crong Bok(?) that received a land concession grant from the government in 2009 cleared up farmlands belonging to local villagers. He added: “The company cleared [the villagers’] rice fields, cashew farmlands and community forest. They destroyed everything. A few months ago they even bulldozed down a house.”
A representative of the villagers indicated that the Viet company brought in dozers to clear rice fields, cashew farmlands and forests belonging to Jaran (Jarai?) ethnic minority villagers and grabbed the land for itself. The representative indicated that about 40 to 50 villagers met with the village chief and the commune chief, asking them to help find a resolution after the villagers sent two complaints to the provincial authority and to the civil society to no avail.
Bou Vit, the Ta Veng village chief, indicated that a company by the name of Crong Bok(?) that received a land concession grant from the government in 2009 cleared up farmlands belonging to local villagers. He added: “The company cleared [the villagers’] rice fields, cashew farmlands and community forest. They destroyed everything. A few months ago they even bulldozed down a house.”
A representative of the villagers indicated that the Viet company brought in dozers to clear rice fields, cashew farmlands and forests belonging to Jaran (Jarai?) ethnic minority villagers and grabbed the land for itself. The representative indicated that about 40 to 50 villagers met with the village chief and the commune chief, asking them to help find a resolution after the villagers sent two complaints to the provincial authority and to the civil society to no avail.
