Representatives of over 400 families embroiled in a land dispute with a company in Kratie’s Snuol district travelled to Phnom Penh yesterday to submit a petition calling for the government to intervene.

“In the last few days, the company has hired Vietnamese forces to cooperate with Cambodian armed forces to evict us,” said Heng Kimheak, 50, one of the 35 village representatives that came to the capital.

In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, a company called Bin Pheurk Rubber Plantation is accused of using vehicles to destroy crops spanning 2,025 hectares, an area that hundreds of villagers call home.