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Flash Info | Forest Community Petitions Senate President over Land Conflict

30 May 2025

More than 60 people representing 339 families locked in a land dispute in Preah Sihanouk province gathered in Ta Khmao city in Kandal province this morning to a submit petition calling for a resolution to the dispute to Senate President Hun Sen. After arriving in front of Hun Sen’s home, the group was ordered by authorities to stand away from the building, and the petition was collected by an official from the Senate Cabinet.

The Neak Ta Thmar Prang forest community, in Kampong Seila district's Kampong Seila commune, is affected by a private company's claim to 91 hectares of land that the community says falls within an officially recognised community forest. Several people, including the governor of Kampong Seila district, allegedly were granted land titles that overlap with the community forest, which they subsequently sold to a private company, MI NER VA INVESTMENT CO., LTD. The dispute arose in February 2025 after the company began clearing land despite objections by the community.

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