In July 2024, farmer and land rights defender, Pork Nget from Prek Svay village, Thmar Dounpov commune, Thmarr Baing district in Koh Kong province, Cambodia was arrested at his rice farm, about three kilometers from his village. Nget, a Chorng indigenous person, was accused of encroaching and clearing forest land for “land ownership” in a protected area of Cardamom Mountain National Park.

Nget has been planting rice on his rotational farm since 2013.

Allegedly the Wildlife Alliance also “persecuted” the indigenous community by demolishing their huts in the farm.