Disabled war veteran Say Nhanh, 53, who lost his legs to a landmine in 1991 during a civil war, sits in a wheelchair at a park as he protests near Cambodian Prime Minster Hun Sen's house in Phnom Penh July 13, 2010. Around 300 villagers from three provinces, representing killed and disabled soldiers from 700 families, protested on Tuesday to press the government to keep their promise in 2008 to provide them with social land concession, according to local rights group The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) chief investigator Chan Soveth. The investigator added that the disabled soldiers are currently facing forced eviction since they live in the government's protected area and land that has been granted to a foreign rubber company.
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