The Phnom Penh Post
TWO residents of Kandal province’s Kien Svay district have been arrested and briefly detained following a violent altercation with police related to a land dispute pitting a former deputy provincial governor against a sitting provincial councillor.
The altercation occurred Friday morning after about 50 police and provincial officials attempted to enforce a 2001 Appeal Court ruling that awarded 40 hectares of disputed land to Prak Savuth, a provincial councillor in Kratie province.
Rum Tekhamony, a former deputy governor of Kandal province, had also claimed the land, prompting the court case.
Chorn Phally, 49, said yesterday that she and her son were arrested after residents tried to block the authorities from approaching the disputed land in Samrong Thom commune’s Prek Treng village.
“They hit me and dragged me to the car,” she said, referring to police.
“My son was beaten with a gun until his ear was bleeding. They have guns and handcuffs, but we have no weapons.”
The altercation occurred Friday morning after about 50 police and provincial officials attempted to enforce a 2001 Appeal Court ruling that awarded 40 hectares of disputed land to Prak Savuth, a provincial councillor in Kratie province.
Rum Tekhamony, a former deputy governor of Kandal province, had also claimed the land, prompting the court case.
Chorn Phally, 49, said yesterday that she and her son were arrested after residents tried to block the authorities from approaching the disputed land in Samrong Thom commune’s Prek Treng village.
“They hit me and dragged me to the car,” she said, referring to police.
“My son was beaten with a gun until his ear was bleeding. They have guns and handcuffs, but we have no weapons.”
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