Cambodian Villagers Block Digging Work by Chinese Company

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Cambodian Villagers Block Digging Work by Chinese Company

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Once they get a foot in the door, its open season.
Expect to see more of this as time goes on..
More than 100 villagers in eastern Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province on Monday blocked Chinese earthmovers digging a canal and destroying crops on disputed land, temporarily halting the work, local sources said.

Hamenivent Investment, a Chinese company that claims ownership of the land, had already cleared over 20 hectares of cassava and cashew farmland worked by residents of Dambe district’s Trapaing Pring commune, a resident of the commune’s Bos Snor village told RFA’s Khmer Service.

“This has interfered with villagers’ farming, and that’s why they have come to stop this company from clearing their crops,” the resident named Maut Mon said, adding that Hamenivent has also encroached on flooded forest land used by the commune as a shelter for spawning fish.
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There is already a thread quoting this particular article: newsworthy/villagers-protest-land-and-c ... 34430.html
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Richie is diggin out some old news today, big time
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