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Source: RFA
Many Cambodian farmers living along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders are worried about land confiscations from the Vietnamese families.
A Sam Rainsy Party activist from Prey Veng province told RFA on Sunday that many Khmer families have mortgaged their lands and rice fields to Vietnamese traders in order to get the money to buy fertilisers, pesticides and fuels from those Vietnamese traders.
According to the activist, each family have mortgaged between one to two hectares of their land to the Vietnamese traders and now they are heavily indebted and unable to repay the loans. The Vietnamese traders have said that they will confiscate their lands to recoup the debt as agreed by the contracts.
The activist, 29 year-old Oun Sam Oeun, said most families now are trying to get loans from small banks such as Amrit Bank and Credit Bank to repay the loans. He appeals to the government to step in or the Vietnamese will confiscate their lands. "So, I appeal to the government to re-examine the government's policy of poverty alleviation", he said.
A farmer from Prey Veng province who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she is very poor and is unable to repay the debt. "I have a very small plot of land in the village and I am concerend that they will confiscate that land too because we don't have the money to repay the debt. They have lodged complaints to the village and commune authority to get the money to repay them or they will confiscate our land. They are Vietnamese farmers", she said.
Mr. Var Kimhong, chairman of Cambodian Border Committee, said he doesn't know anything about the issue. "I have not received any information yet. But I knew that they have mortgaged their lands to ACLEDA, Amrit and Credit banks", he said.
Mr. Choung Chou-Ngy, a high profile lawyer who represented opposition leader Mr. Sam Rainsy on border issues, said foreigners do not have legal rights to own land in Cambodia.
Source: RFA
Many Cambodian farmers living along the Khmer-Vietnamese borders are worried about land confiscations from the Vietnamese families.
A Sam Rainsy Party activist from Prey Veng province told RFA on Sunday that many Khmer families have mortgaged their lands and rice fields to Vietnamese traders in order to get the money to buy fertilisers, pesticides and fuels from those Vietnamese traders.
According to the activist, each family have mortgaged between one to two hectares of their land to the Vietnamese traders and now they are heavily indebted and unable to repay the loans. The Vietnamese traders have said that they will confiscate their lands to recoup the debt as agreed by the contracts.
The activist, 29 year-old Oun Sam Oeun, said most families now are trying to get loans from small banks such as Amrit Bank and Credit Bank to repay the loans. He appeals to the government to step in or the Vietnamese will confiscate their lands. "So, I appeal to the government to re-examine the government's policy of poverty alleviation", he said.
A farmer from Prey Veng province who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she is very poor and is unable to repay the debt. "I have a very small plot of land in the village and I am concerend that they will confiscate that land too because we don't have the money to repay the debt. They have lodged complaints to the village and commune authority to get the money to repay them or they will confiscate our land. They are Vietnamese farmers", she said.
Mr. Var Kimhong, chairman of Cambodian Border Committee, said he doesn't know anything about the issue. "I have not received any information yet. But I knew that they have mortgaged their lands to ACLEDA, Amrit and Credit banks", he said.
Mr. Choung Chou-Ngy, a high profile lawyer who represented opposition leader Mr. Sam Rainsy on border issues, said foreigners do not have legal rights to own land in Cambodia.
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