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An ethnic community in Mondulkiri province has rejected a cash offer from a company that wants to clear thousands of hectares of forest locals claim as their own, saying they value the land more than money.

Phnong ethnic villagers who live in Ou Reang district’s Dak Dam commune have turned down $20,000 from power, resources and property development company Mega First Corporation, which the company suggested the community use to celebrate its religion.

“We had a meeting and decided that we would not take the money from the company because we won’t allow them to clear forest we have conserved,” said community representative Toeng Thi.

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