Chhay Channyda

The government plans to distribute another 800,000 hectares of land to some 200,000 families as part of its land-titling scheme, the minister for land management announced yesterday after being grilled by lawmakers.

After facing questions from the National Assembly’s Human Rights and Complaints Commission, Minister Im Chhum Lim told reporters that, since 1989, the government had given out four million land titles, which meant its plan was “57 per cent” complete.

He said that a renewed push that began in 2012 had seen some 1.2 million hectares of land reclassified and distributed to 400,000 families.

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How long I wonder before those titles will end up in the pawn shops to by new motorcycles and smart phones?