"Ethnic cultural centre in land dispute", 6 March 2019

A Bunong ethnic community representative … claimed Mondulkiri provincial officials have not begun measuring land for the Hill Tribes Cultural Centre in the Phnom Dos Kramom mountain area even though they had received an order to do so from Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

The cultural centre’s representative, Kreung Tola, said the community wanted to see Mondulkiri officials demarcate a plot of land around Phnom Dos Kramom mountain to clarify what part of the area will form the site of the centre.

He claimed the government announced … that it would allocate 102ha of land from the foot of the mountain to the peak for the Hill Tribes Cultural Centre, but there were now more than 100 families and two karaoke clubs encroaching on the land…

“All relevant officials gathered, but they have not gone to Phnom Dos Kramom for land measurements yet, nor have they used GPS to put down posts [around the perimeter].”

…, the provincial governor said a resolution to the Phnom Dos Kramom land issues had been agreed to by all involved parties…

Long Vibol, governor of Mondulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town, echoed Tola’s comments that many meetings had been held to tackle the issue prior to the prime minister’s order, and there were now only 11 families in the dispute…

Eang Mengly, the provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said authorities should outline the land for the cultural centre according to the prime minister’s order…