Reports

Khmer Version

3 land representatives have been charged with the attempt of killing and with use of violence against others after a complaint filed by HLH Agriculture Co. Ltd. The 3 representatives will be forced to appear in court's room for interrogation on 27 July 2010 following the subpoena issued by Kompong Speu Court's investigative judge, in date of 12 July 2010. The 3 innocent people are afraid of being arrested.                

On 15 June 2010, armed forces prevented and obstructed the march hold by more than 300 members of Cambodian Peace-Building Network (CPN) came from 24 provinces/ cities of Cambodia with the aim to submit a petition with 61,418 thumbprints of victims in land disputes to Prime Minister's residence in Phnom Penh.     

The urban poor community 104-105 located next to Neakvoin pagoda and along side the railway in Phnom Penh,​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ is now under threat of forced eviction after a fire on March 8, 2010. Local authorities have prevented people from ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​re-constructing temporary shelters on the land and forced people to remove their huts to a new relocation​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ site in suburb areas. See more details the attached press release by ADHOC, LICADHO and HRTF (in Khmer and in English).   

Khmer Version Only

On the unjust accusation and the arrest of village representatives
on the Economic Land Concession land dispute with Peam Chaing Rubber Company

The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) would like to express our dissatisfaction for the unjust measure taken by first instance provincial court in Svay Rieng that arrested one village representative, Mr. Yea Yeng and sent him to prison.  Not only that, the court continues to try to arrest other 15 villagers on criminal charges related to the Economic Land Concession dispute between the rubber plantation company, Peam Chaing, and 5 villages. ADHOC notifies that this land dispute case has not reached to the point which they use the court system yet, because the government is now trying to ease the tension in this area.  So, the court should delay the criminal charges of the villagers for this moment and continue to try for the fact finding of the situation clearly first.  The people’s protests was instigated from the flaw distraction in resolution of land dispute on time and let the company clear the land; destroy property and plantation of people without restraint since 2007.

Statements in Khmer and in English

 On 8^th May, 2010, a group of armed forces escorted tractors to destroy people’s houses area in O’ Ponlork, Omlaning commune, Thporng district, Kg. Speu province. This destruction occured without any permission or respect of the guidelines of the sub-committee for land resolution. They didn’t have any permission or decision from the court either.           

Having seen that the people cut down Eucalyptus trees on 3^rd May 2010, Mr. Nuon Theara, who is the deputy director of provincial Forestry Administration in charge of the north area of Tonle Sap and is the representative of Mr. Vann Sophana, the director of the Forest Administration, accused those villagers of illegal logging in national forests and filed a complaint to 1^st instance provincial court in Siem Reap. 

Kampong Thom Provincial Police shot people in a Land dispute (Khmer Version only)