Forty-seven employees of Kookmin Bank, the largest South Korean bank in Cambodia, have donated US$22,000 to restore and build houses in Phnom Krom slum communities in Siem Reap province. Kang Chung Won, chief executive officer of Kookmin Bank, told the Post by email that the donated money has been used to build four new houses and to restore three others. In addition, the donation has been used to provide a free meal to around 2,400 children from the Phnom Krom slum area, said Kang. "Bread was also given to around 1,000 children." Kang said that Kookmin Bank's employees made a field investigation for the project in October 2007 and they have chosen to donate a bit of money to the project every payday. "Korea experienced poor economic conditions, too. We like giving a hand to Cambodia and developing together," Kang said.
Land grants begin for troops on the border
Govt announces that thousands of hectares will be made available to military families
MORE than 2,074 hectares of land near the Kingdom's border with Thailand in Preah Vihear province will be designated as a social land concession for 903 military families, a senior government official has said.
Minister of Land Management Im Chhun Lim officially announced last week the handover of the land, 20 kilometres from the Preah Vihear border, to soldiers from Brigade 12 in Kantout and Choam Ksan communes.
The handover follows a recent order made by Prime Minister Hun Sen to give land to military families near their posts and along the Thai border in a bid to bolster national security.
Provincial officials are currently apportioning land to give to families, Long Sovann, deputy governor of Preah Vihear province, said Wednesday.
"We have set aside land for military families, but we are still working at dividing it into blocks to give to each family," Long Sovann said.
We have set aside land ... we are still working at dividing it into blocks.
Tan Setha, chief of Choam Ksan district's Forestry Administration, said Wednesday that military families have been requesting land in the area from provincial authorities for years, but only got approval when the prime minister ordered that soldiers and their families be based permanently along the border.
"If the military families live and farm on this land, it will be good for them, and it will be good for future development, but we are worried they will sell the land and still have no property to live on," Tan Setha said.
Apportioning land
San Vanna, deputy governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said that the province has created a committee to apportion land for military families and landless people along the Thai border.
"The first step the committee is taking is to decide where to locate the families," San Vanna said. "We have land for the families, but we are determining village boundary first before giving it to them."
Chea Mon, commander of Military Region 4, said that his family has not yet received any land because provincial officials are still determining which land to give them.
Body of man gunned down by Thai troops returned to family
The 28-year-old was killed in a cross-border drug deal gone wrong that also wounded a Thai trooper, police say, promising investigation
THE body of a Cambodian man reportedly killed by Thai soldiers while trying to make a drug deal across the border from Banteay Meanchey province's O'Chrov district was repatriated Thursday.
Police said that Hel Touch, 28, from Prek Chan village, O'Beichoarn commune, was trying to deal narcotics with Thai soldiers when he was shot Tuesday night. His two accomplices escaped, provincial police commissioner Hun Hean told the Post.
Hun Hean said that Hel Touch tried to kill three Thai soldiers by throwing a grenade at them after the deal went bad. The grenade explosion wounded Hel Touch and slightly hurt one of the soldiers, who then fatally shot the Cambodian, Hun Hean added.
"We are still not sure about the accuracy of the Thai authority's report. We will investigate it more thoroughly," said Sam Chit, Banteay Meanchey province's deputy police chief.He added that Thai police had said the desceased and his accomplices were also involved in smuggling stolen motorbikes and cars.
Hel Touch's body was handed over to Cambodian authorities at the Poipet border crossing, where relatives were waiting to bring the him to their village for a funeral ceremony, according to Tim Sareth, deputy chief of the Thai-Cambodian Relations Office.
Chhouk Ang, commander of Border Police Battalion 911 stationed north of Poipet, did not attribute the killing to military tensions along the border.
He said the situation has been normal despite the standoff between Cambodia and Thailand over disputed territory.
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