Cambodia News: Preah Vihear

Villagers petition to evict family protecting Phnom Tnout forest
The Phnom Penh Post
A group of villagers from a community forest inside Preah Vihear province's Phnom Tnout Wildlife Sanctuary are collecting thumbprints to evict a family that has been protecting the forest from illegal logging and preventing poaching of endangered ...

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Soldier wanted over wife's murder
Khmer Times
Preah Vihear provincial military police are seeking information leading to the arrest of a soldier suspected of shooting dead his wife and injuring his daughter during a drunken domestic argument on Sunday. Colonel Seng Vibol, deputy commander of Preah ...

Government reclassifies land in Phnom Penh, provinces with eye on development
The Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a proposal to designate nearly 21,000 square metres of land in Phnom Penh, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng – including two district halls – into state-private land, which will allow for their development. The ...

Conservation orgs urge government to halt destruction of Phnom Tnout sanctuary
The Phnom Penh Post
Conservation organisations are urging the Cambodian government to take immediate action to halt the “rapid rate of destruction” of the recently created Phnom Tnout Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province and the endangered species found in the ...

Australian mining company discovers gold, silver deposits in northern Cambodia
The Phnom Penh Post
Australia-based mining company Geopacific Resources has confirmed the discovery of gold and silver deposits at its drilling site in northern Cambodia, according to a company release on the Australian stock exchange. Geopacific announced on Wednesday ...

Kuoy villagers ignore summons
The Phnom Penh Post
Six ethnic Kuoy villagers, citing fear of arrest, refused to appear for questioning in Preah Vihear on Wednesday over the confiscation of four pieces of equipment being used to clear community land by a subsidiary of the Chinese sugar company Rui Feng ...

Ire and ore: Demands grow for clarity around Cambodian gold mine
Mongabay.com
Earlier this year, residents of Tropeang Tontem in the province of Preah Vihear submitted a petition to the government Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. It complained about their treatment by local officials and a mining ...

Preah Vihear villagers petition PM over razing
The Phnom Penh Post
Around 20 people representing 250 villagers from Preah Vihear's Choam Ksan district petitioned Prime Minister Hun Sen for a solution to the razing of their village in 2012, which was done under instructions from current provincial CPP lawmaker Suos ...
Preah Vihear residents want their village backKhmer Times

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Four villagers called to court over land dispute
The Phnom Penh Post
A complaint filed at the Preah Vihear Provincial Court accuses four Kuoy ethnic villagers of goading some 70 others into confiscating tractors being used to clear community land by a subsidiary of the Chinese sugar company Rui Feng, which has been ...

Preah Vihear villagers facing court complaint over machinery seizure
The Phnom Penh Post
A complaint filed at the Preah Vihear Provincial Court accuses four ethnic Kuoy villagers of goading some 70 others into confiscating tractors being used to clear community land by a subsidiary of the Chinese sugar company Rui Feng, which has been ...