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INTRODUCTION

Land Issues in the Poipet Area

  History of the Kbal Spean land dispute

    The Kbal Spean community

    Tin Oun, Kbal Spean village chief

    Issues concerning the Banteay Meanchey Court decision

    Evidence supporting the community’s claims

    The appeal and the resulting enforcements of judgments

    Events prior to the eviction

The Eviction

    Notice of the eviction

    Security forces involved

    Arrival of armed forces and beginning of eviction

    Outbreak of violence

    Eyewitness accounts

Response to the Eviction

    Government Response

    Government investigation: Commission of Inquiry

    Resulting criminal charges

    NGO response

Current Situation of the Kbal Spean Community

Recommendations

 

 

 

Case

Study

Eviction

of

 21 March 2005

at Kbal Spean Village,

Poipet, 

Banteay Meanchey

 

 

Date: March 2005