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US warns Cambodia over land disputes

Saturday, 07 January 2012 05:52

The United States on Thursday warned Cambodia about potential "instability" over land disputes, after a violent forced eviction this week sparked a series of protests and arrests.

Villagers threw bricks, logs and Molotov cocktails at police who fired back with tear gas, rubber bullets and stones during a clash on Tuesday when authorities demolished some 200 homes in a community in capital Phnom Penh.

At least 10 villagers have been detained following the violence, which saw at least 40 villagers and police injured, according to rights activists.

Dozens of villagers gathered outside the United States, French and British embassies on Thursday to seek their intervention.

"US remains concerned about potential for unresolved land disputes to lead to instability in Cambodia," the US embassy posted on its Twitter following the protestors' appearance outside the embassy.

"The United States urges protesters to refrain from violence and calls on security forces to exercise maximum restraint."

Cambodia has faced mounting criticism in recent years from rights groups and the United Nations over a spate of forced evictions around the country that have displaced tens of thousands of mostly poor people.

Land ownership was abolished during the 1975-1979 rule of the communist Khmer Rouge and many legal documents were lost during that time.

Last August, the World Bank froze new lending to the impoverished nation over a high-profile dispute about a mass eviction from a lakeside area in the capital.

 

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