Cambodia Land Grabs Mapped Out

Two typical examples of a land grab can be seen below. 

These are just two of the many land thefts recorded on the Cambodian Human Rights Portal, www.sithi.org 

To see the full extent of a kleptocracy at work see the organisation interactive map of reported land conflict cases in recent times go to:

http://sithi.org/index.php? 

21 Families Face Forced Eviction in Meanchey
Nature of conflict	:	Dispute of ownership/control, Forced Eviction, ,
Affected land size	:	Unknown hectares
People affected	:	21 families
Start date	:	2010 March 18
Location	:	Prek Ta Nou village, Chak Angre Leu commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh province
Alleged secondary human rights violations	:	Unknown,
Type of land	:	Residential,
Resolution offered	:	Offer accepted (Intimidated into accepting compensation worth between US$ 500 and 1000)
Complaint sent to	:	Unknown
Last case status	:	The villagers were ordered to leave their land and threatened into accepting compensation of US$ 500 to 1,000
Last updated	:	2011 March 27

Conflict between 149 families and Ly Hong Sin Company over a 20-hectare plot of land in Preah Sihanouk
Nature of conflict	:	Dispute of ownership/control, Forced Eviction, ,
Affected land size	:	20 hectares
People affected	:	149 families
Start date	:	12 November 2010
Location	:	Unknown village, 1 commune, Stung Hav district, Preah Sihanouk province
Alleged secondary human rights violations	:	Confiscation of property and illegal destruction, Failure to provide fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial judiciary,
Type of land	:
Resolution offered	:	N/A
Complaint sent to	:	Supreme Court, Cabinet Employee
Last case status	:	Execution of the Supreme Court's verdict (78 villagers' homes destroyed), Affected families protested before Hun Sen's house to show their grievances (petition was received by cabinet official Kong Chamroeun).
Last updated	:	19 November 2010