Khmer Times Owner Plans Large Industrial Farm for Bokor National Park, Kampot

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed May 27, 2020 7:29 am

Cambodia News, Kampot: "National Park" status in Cambodia clearly does not mean what it means elsewhere. It has been announced that the owner of the English language newspaper The Khmer Times, T Mohan, has been given permission to build a large industrial farm inside the National Park territory on Bokor Mountain in Kampot. His company is called Virtus Green Plantations (Cambodia) Pte., Ltd.

A Big Agro-Industrial Farm to Appear in Kampot Province
AKP Phnom Penh, May 25, 2020 --

Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a new project to establish a large agro-industrial farm in Preah Monivong National Park (Bokor) located in Chum Kiri and Teuk Chhou districts of Kampot province.

According to a CDC’s press release made public this morning, with a capital of US$21.7 million, the newly approved project is invested by Virtus Green Plantations (Cambodia) Pte. Ltd.

The new investment project is expected to generate 2,070 jobs for local people, the same source added.
By Phal Sophanith - AKP

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:01 am

Any biz in Cambodia that has "Green" in its name is immediate red flagged in my book.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:04 am

They missed out the bit,,, Self-sustainable, and Eco - Friendly.

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Wed May 27, 2020 8:05 am

Mohan had this land for years.

There was a dispute over it in 2017.

It's not adjacent to the road to bokor mountain, as the image suggests.