Special team established to prevent & crackdown on illegal land encroachment in Koh Kong

• 9 March 2022
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The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has established a special working group tasked to prevent and crack down on illegal encroachment in eight protected areas of 126,928 hectares and 23,092 hectares of forest cover area in the province.

According to the directive dated 4 March, the working group is created to increase the effectiveness of law enforcement in preventing and cracking down on illegal encroachment on state land in the area as stated in Sub-Decree No. 30 and Sub-Decree No. 46 and the state land of the province.

Some of those lands are reserved for a REDD + southern Cardamom project, while some others are private state land.

The working group is led by Koh Kong Governor Mithona Phuothong and joined by relevant departments and local authorities.

Under the directive, the working group will start conducting patrolling. In case of finding illegal activities, the team have full right to build the case and file a lawsuit against the illegal landowners.

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