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Source: RFA
Prime real estate lands near Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap belonging to Mr. Son Chhay (pictured), MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), could be confiscated by the Apsara Authority, the body managing the conservation of Angkor areas, as early as 1st April, reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Son Chhay told RFA on Saturday afternoon , 27th March, that he had received information that the High Court will send him a letter to inform him that it will order the confiscation of his lands on 1st April. "I heard that it (High Court) will send a letter to me about the confiscation of my lands on the 1st of April. They will not take my lands for free, they will pay me 50 cents per square metre and I heard that they will sell those lands to Oknha Sok Kong for $80 per square metre since 2006, since before the court reached its verdict. These actions are illegal actions and I am very concerned because I owned these lands since 1995. I have planted vegetable, many mango trees, banana trees and jackfruit trees on those lands and there are few poor families living on the lands whom I help to feed", he told RFA.
Mr. Son Chhay said his 3-hectare lands are located very close Kyungyu tourist site in Siem Reap where he had bought since 1995. Later, the Apsara Authority under the control of Deputy PM Sok An, said that the lands are located within the Apsara Conservation Area and that they must be confiscated. He said he had fought with the authority and the court for many years and now he is appealing to all foreign embassies to help monitor his case.
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