10,000 Hectares Privatized for Khun Sea, ‘Families’

Six sub-decrees signed in the span of a week privatized nearly 10,000 hectares across four provinces, with thousands of hectares going to unspecified families in northeastern provinces and a plot in Ream National Park adding to land tycoon Khun Sea’s property empire.

The land change documents were released in the latest tranche of royal gazette updates published last week, showing forested and sparsely populated land in Preah Sihanouk, Stung Treng, Mondulkiri and Kampong Thom provinces privatized — all approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The first among the sub-decrees, signed January 4, granted five pieces of “sustainable use zone” land within Ream National Park totaling 93 hectares to tycoon Khun Sea.

Sea is a frequent recipient of state land: In April 2019 he received a grant for the shores of Kandal’s Akrei Khsat commune that he has been filling with sand for a satellite city; in December 2020 he received 340 hectares of Koh Meas island in Phnom Penh.

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