Inter-Ministries Void All Titles & Ownership Transferring Documents of All Flooded-Forest Lands

The inter-ministerial working group has decided to deny all previously issued land titles and ownership transferring documents of all flooded-forest land after many encroachments were founded in Pursat province.

The order was issued on December 5 by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, which outlined seven measures for the Pursat provincial administration to implement.

“Pursat Provincial Administration shall issue a letter to all the district/commune authorities to stop accepting all land title applications and the land transfer certificates in the flooded forest area. Besides, they must also announce to the public that all the previously issued documents are now voided,” read the statement.

For the encroached lands that have been confiscated, the working group must replant trees, while the encroachers must face legal action.

For local people who are currently growing crops on those flooded-forest lands, they have been ordered to leave as soon as they harvest their crops.

The land confiscation mission is being implemented in six provinces, including Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap and Kampong Thom.

The mission came after Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen gave an immediate order to crackdown and seize all the encroached lands from those illegal owners regardless of their power or social status. (Read more)

To date, thousands of hectares of land have been confiscated while the crackdowns are still ongoing.

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