This issue is very serious in the country such as Vietnam and Cambodia mainly due to developement and lack of land and titles. Land title are being granted to developement companies to build high rises and entertainment complexes where former residents are evicted without a fair compensation from the government and the developers.
-In Vietnam all land belongs to the state, but sweeping economic reforms in the 1980s led to the 1993 land law that offered conditional 20-year land grants to many farmers. However, other questions hover over clauses in Vietnamese law that allow authorities to seize land for national security or defense, economic development or the public interest
-In Cambodia land ownership was abandoned during the Khmer Rouge. When the Khmer Rouge took over in 1975, they destroyed all the records of who owned what and made everything the property of the state.
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Land Grabbing in Cambodia
Eviction from Boueng Kak Lake
Armed construction workers, hired by a land development corporation to carry out one of the capital's most ambitious new property developments. As part of this work, thousands of tonnes of mud and sand, scooped up from a nearby river, were being pumped directly into the homes of hundreds of local residents – often, the residents say, without warning. "They started pumping the water and sand in at night," says Tep Vanny, "while we were sleeping."
In this way, developers were attempting the complete removal of a 90-hectare historic lake from the heart of the capital and its replacement by a residential, commercial and entertainment district. About 20,000 people, many of whom have lived on the lake and around its edges for decades, now are losing their homes.
Boueng Kak Lake being filled
Developement plan by Shukaku
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Land Grabbing in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush reminiscent of a Vietnam War battle, they wounded six officers.
The local authorities abused their power to call up army and police, more than 100 agents, to forcefully remove the people from their lands without compensation in order to make a profit with some other land developers
The houses before they were bulldozed by the local authorities.
Hai Phong has made a national hero of family ringleader Doan Van Vuon and ripped open a debate about heavy-handed seizures by local governments. Though Vuon and three of his kin remain under arrest for their role in the attack, retired military generals and a former president have weighed in on his behalf.
The case has attracted so much attention that Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered an investigation, ruling Friday that the eviction was illegal and those who ordered it should be punished. He also encouraged local authorities to renew the family's land lease.
In Vietnam all land belongs to the state, but sweeping economic reforms in the 1980s led to the 1993 land law that offered conditional 20-year land grants to many farmers. However, other questions hover over clauses in Vietnamese law that allow authorities to seize land for national security or defense, economic development or the public interest.
In some cases, that translates into highways or industrial parks that bring jobs to the poor. But in an increasing number of cases, it means grabbing fish farms or rice paddies for swanky golf courses and resorts only accessible to the rich.
Other incidents
In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, Nguyen Thi Thuong stands by the ruins of her house in Tien Lang District, northern city of Haiphong, Vietnam. On Jan. 5, Thuong returned home from dropping her kids off at school to find a mob of armed police in riot gear surrounding her farm house. Thuong knew authorities were there to forcibly throw the family off the land they had leased for fish.
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