After clash, evicted Cambodian villagers hiding in forest, fearful of arrest
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After clash, evicted Cambodian villagers hiding in forest, fearful of arrest
is it right that citizens of any country should be in fear ? Seems land grabbing is alive and profitable in Cambodia still
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambod ... 61823.htmlAbout 100 villagers in northern Cambodia who were evicted from their homes are hiding in the forest, sleeping in plastic tents and catching fish to survive, because they are afraid they will be arrested, said the head of an association who visited them on Thursday.
“They are guarding themselves afraid that authorities will arrest them,” said Koet Saray, president of Khmer Student Intelligent League Association. His organization works with students to increase their participation in social development, good governance and the sustainable use of natural resources.
In a decade-long land dispute, some 300 families in several villages have been driven off their land in Preah Vihear province’s Kuleaen district to make way for a rubber plantation on a land concession given by the government to Phnom Penh-based Seila Damex Co., Ltd.
On March 6, hundreds of police and other security forces clashed with about 130 residents during a protest against the forced evictions. They tear-gassed protesters, burned down homes and arrested about 40 villagers.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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