LNRR’s Reports

Five Employees of JZR Taken Hostage for Two Hours after Company Began Illegally Clearing Tumpoun People’s Land in Rattanakiri Province

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

On 21 February, after a private company began bulldozing their farmland, 300 villagers from the Tumpoun minority ethnic group captured five company employees and held them hostage for two hours in Lumphat district, Rattanakiri province.
Jing Zhong Ri Cambodia Co. Ltd. (JZR) claims that it was granted a 70-year, 9,000-hectare concession in Lumphat district for a rubber plantation. According to information gathered by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) however, the company has not signed any contract with the government. It has only been authorized to conduct an investment study.

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Peaceful Land Dispute Protesters Threatened by Armed Soldiers outside Kampong Speu Provincial Court

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

Phnom Penh, 13 February 2012 ― RCAF troops from an unidentified unit were deployed last Thursday to quash a land-related peaceful protest outside Kampong Speu Provincial Court. Villagers from Omlaing commune, Thpong district, Kampong Speu province, gathered to submit a petition to the court demanding the release of Chum Srey Nuon, a villager arrested on 15 December 2011 and detained on charges of illegal occupation of land. They asked the court to drop the charges and protested against harassment by the authorities, as 49 villagers have been summoned by the court since 2010.

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Residents at Borei Keila in Phnom Penh Forcibly Evicted

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

On 3rd January 2012, roughly between the hours of 6am until 11am, armed forces consisting of policemen, military police and the security forces of the Phanimex company, in addition to local authorities and hired workers, raided and destroyed people’s homes, and arrested eleven people at Borei Keila in Phnom Penh, all in the name of development. The arrested people included one underage boy and one woman. The forces defending the company’s development were supported by four fire trucks and two bull dozers, and were equipped with shields, electric batons, fire arms and tear gas; the residents of Borei Keila stood little chance of defending their homes and livelihoods. Both sides threw stones and were injured, including three officers and two hired workers. All the arrested residents were subjected to beatings but the total number of residents injured is unknown.

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Follow- up Report

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

Land Conflict at Prek Treng village, Samroang Thom commune, Kien Svay district, Kandal Province between 114 families and H.E Prak Savuth’s Company.
The 46 hectars of land conflict between 114 families and H.E Prak Savuth which was started since 2005, now was mediated by ADHOC and led to an agreement. After a meeting of 29 reps. of villagers and Mr. Kim Sovann- a military commander of Kien Svay district and a rep of H.E Prak Savuth’s company, the villagers proposed the company to meet directly with villagers in the afternoon of July 4th, 2011.

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Press Conference on Land and Forest Issues in Rattanakiry

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

On 8 April 2011 ADHOC hold press concerence on demand to stop land grabbing and illegal logging in Indigenous People community and on the resolution of land, forest issues and impact by Economic Land Concession in Rattanakiry office. This press conference were participated from more than 70 people from 10 indigenous people communities in Rattanakiry and other media in Rattanakiry.

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