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The Khmer-Krom have been farming the land since 1970’s, and have been witnessing the confiscation of their lands and are often not permitted to cultivate under the pretext that the area is a part of a conservation. When the police arrived, a protest against the confiscation of the land and farming equipments started and at least 10 farmers were injured. In response to this incident, a group of Khmer- Krom farmers filed a complaint against the Vietnamese authorities for the excessive use of power and land confiscation, but to no avail. One month after the incident, on Jun 7th the Vietnamese authorities sent fifty police officers this time to arrest people for their alleged role in leading the protest of the 5th of May. ....