Ethnic Jarai Protested against Iron Ore Company in Ratanakiri

On May 25, 2010 about 90 families of ethnic minority from O’Yadav and Lumphat districts, Ratanakiri province were planned to protest against a Vietnamese mining firm, Hong Anh Ratanakir, which was granted 15,400 hectares of land to explore iron ore in the above districts.

Roman Phil, a villager from O’yadav district, said that the above villagers had complained many times because they would lose land and plantation when the company started drilling.

However, it has been seen that the above economic land concession has been illegally granted for Article 59 of 2001 Land Law states that at most only 10,000 hectares is granted to concessionaire for national development.