Four Koh Kong villagers were detained for about 12 hours after camping outside the provincial hall in a group of about 60 land protesters since Monday, they said.
About 100 people involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company in Koh Kong province protested in front of the provincial hall on Monday, seeking a response from authorities who had earlier promised a resolution to the decade-long conflict.
A crashed military drone found in Koh Kong province last week about 7 km from a controversial Chinese development project was manufactured in China, drone experts and a Cambodian Air Force official said on Monday.
The origins of a crashed, fixed-wing drone discovered in Koh Kong province about 7 km from the site of a controversial Chinese development project are being investigated by authorities, police said on Friday.
Residents of a village in Koh Kong province rallied for the release of their village guard who made a death threat against a provincial deputy governor amid a land dispute.
More than 300 people from Koh Kong province protested in Phnom Penh on Monday over more-than-decadelong land disputes with companies that were granted concessions by the government, and that demonstrators say pushed them off their plots.
About 20 residents of Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts involved in a land dispute with the Union Development Group (UDG) said Chinese diplomats on Monday pledged to help them find a resolution to their 11-year-old woes after they made a five-hour trip to Phnom Penh to protest at the embassy.
Residents living around the $3.8-billion resort project by China’s Union Development Group (UDG) say they are worried for their safety after even their Cambodian People’s Party commune chief has now been summoned for questioning over a road they were building to local population centers.
Villagers affected by alleged land-grabbing for the construction of a massive Chinese resort development in Koh Kong province have appealed to the Land Management Ministry to expedite its work to find a solution.
Opposition members on trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday complained of being arrested at gunpoint without explanation; a private call and messages used as evidence for inciting social insecurity; being threatened to attest to their testimony; and their supposed testimony containing words they did not say.
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