Report on VN rentals implicates no officials

Senior officials at the Ministry of Interior have concluded a preliminary investigation into allegations that Cambodians living along the border with Vietnam have been illegally leasing land to Vietnamese farmers. About 1,000 families owning almost 7,000 hectares of land in five provinces have rented the territory out without the government’s permission, the preliminary investigation found, according to Chan Chansopheak, director of the Interior Ministry’s General Department of Administration.

Chansopheak said the data was received this week from provincial authorities in Takeo, Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Kratie and Kandal provinces. In total, the provinces reported that 6,631 hectares of land had been leased to Vietnamese individuals on Cambodian territory, with more than half that total being rented by 263 individuals in Takeo province.

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