Gov’t Returns Over 470 Hectares of Illegally-owned Land in Mondulkiri to Two Private Firms 

• Samphors Sao
• 23 March 2021
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The government has seized over 472.8 hectares of illegally-occupied land in Purang village, Orang district, Mondulkiri province, and returned it to the original owners, Ujisan LS Group Co., Ltd. and Hu Ling Co., Ltd.

The decision came after the final site inspection by the Mondulkiri Provincial Administration and relevant officers on 22 March.

Deputy Governor Chak Mengheang said that after many inspections, the team has found that some land plots are illegal-occupied while some are lawfully owned by the locals. However, up until this final inspection, the working team has already made the correct division clear.

Besides handing over the land plot back to the private firms, the provincial administration also instructed the two firms to protect their own land by digging canal borders, putting up signs of ownership, and removing old border signs, among others, to avoid the same issue from happening again.

This land dispute is not a new issue as the case was traced back to before 2019 when the two firms filed a complaint about the illegal land occupation.

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