Families in the Chrang Krahorm hamlet have petitioned the government for help following alleged land encroachment.

More than 100 households in the Chrang Krahorm community are pleading with authorities to intervene because they are concerned about encroachment on their communal property.

The family are from the Chrang Krahom community in Kampong Thom province's Bak Kre region, Choam village, Tang Krasau commune, Prasat Sambo district.

They want the Governor of Kampong Thom, Nguon Rattanak, to intervene and protect the community's land from being encroached upon. They demanded that the land be returned to the family as their own.

Residents in the region informed the media on December 12 that encroachment on their land has been going on for a long time and that community leaders and appropriate authorities have done nothing to stop it. They went on to say that the system seemed to be permitting the incursion to occur without consequence.

Machines excavated and leveled their property, according to community residents, during this year's wet season. They came to multiple stops with the machine operators, preventing further land invasion. On December 7, a Kampong Thom resident carried wood for the construction of a house in the region, claiming that he had lawfully purchased a block of property in the area.

The people claimed ownership of the land since 1993. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries then put the land under protection. For the Chrang Krahom village, the ministry designated 898.25 hectares of land as protected territory.

Prem Ratha, the Deputy Governor of Kampong Thom, informed local media that a working committee has already been formed to address the problem.

Credit Source: Khmer Times

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