Ratanakkiri minorities say land stolen

Ethnic minorities in Ratanakkiri province have accused local authorities of selling community forest land to a provincial court official and threatening to put them in jail, according to a complaint filed on 27 October.

The complaint was filed to the provincial office of rights group Adhoc by five community representatives on behalf of 190 ethnic Tampuon families from Lumphat district’s Batang commune.

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