Gov’t to Seize Back Over 260 Hectares of Illegally Owned Forest Land in Kampong Speu Province

• Kongleaphy Keam
• 17 March 2021
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The Kampong Speu provincial administration has officially decided to seize back over 260 hectares of illegally owned forest land in Aoral District as a state asset, according to the Kampong Speu Governor Vei Samnang.

Governor Samnang said yesterday that the total area of land to seize back is 266 hectares and 9 plots. Those plots are located in Choam village, Khphe village, Ta Sal village, O’Ankhar village, Sre Kin village, Lngim village and Trang village of Ta Sal and Trapeang Chour communes, as shown on the map.

According to the provincial administration, as of June last year, over 4,000 hectares of illegally owned land in Kampong Speu province has been seized back. (Read more)

The illegal land seizure campaign was done following the approval of the ‘Draft Law on State Property Management and Use,’ in July last year. (Read more)

Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen back then also warned that those corrupt officials who illegally obtained their land will be punished heavily, and those illegally issued titles will also be void. (Read more)

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