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Flash Info | Affected Land Communities Petition in Koh Kong and Phnom Penh for Land Conflict Solutions

31 July 2026

This morning, around 100 people from four land communities in two districts of Koh Kong province gathered in front of the Koh Kong provincial hall to demand a resolution to their ongoing land conflict and to request the provision of social land to the poor and displaced families in their communities who still await intervention. At the same time, around 60 affected villagers from Kratie’s Ou Krieng Saenchey district gathered in Phnom Penh seeking an intervention in their own land conflict.

The four land communities in Koh Kong include the 197 Land Community, the 955 Land Community, the 175 Land Community (otherwise known as the “Chi Kha Kroam” Land Community), and the Thma Sar Sameakki Land Community. Together, they assembled in the rain in front of the provincial hall to wave banners, calling for a faster resolution to their land conflict and demanding that the authorities receive their follow-up petition. Their follow-up petition includes 856 families from six communes in Srae Ambel and Botum Sakor districts requesting social land concessions. Today’s gathering came after a lack of response to their petitions at the district and provincial levels as well as at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction in Phnom Penh in March and May 2026.

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