Cambodia: Hundreds of students & teachers protest against construction by Khmer Dynastic on disputed land; includes company comments
"Hundreds of Students Leave Class to Protest", 27 June 2015
One thousand students and more than 100 teachers demonstrated outside their high school...against a private construction firm that recommenced work on disputed land..[T]he school’s director..claimed an excavating machine owned by Khmer Dynastic International...started digging...but stopped when...teachers led the students from their classrooms in protest. “The company has made an agreement with us so many times that they will not build on the disputed land, but afterward they still continue working on it,”...Khmer Dynastic general manager Luy Keettan says the company is planning to build apartments and shops on land it legally owns. “I have the land title and everything I have done has followed the law...The teachers are just encouraging these students to protest but they do not know the reality of the situation.”