Mobilizing people to sign
We agreed to an appointment to go on a field trip with Mr. D.V.C. When they met, Mr. D.V.C took us to the house of one of the 30 households and pointed out the old graves as evidence of long-standing residents.
However, through observation, we see that the oldest grave here is shown to have been built in 2002. Many trees here are as good as newly planted, such as coconut trees that are only over 1 meter high, and some trees are even as tall as a tractor. In general, there is not enough basis to create legal confidence that they have "used land stably and permanently".
When we saw that we were pointing this sign, Mr. C continued to invite us to go deep into the forest that he admitted was the one who asked us to clean up the day before when he heard that we wanted to go in the field.
After digging up the dusty line of herbaceous plants, Mr. D.V.C said that this place used to be a border marker of the National Park, but a few years ago they sent forces here to arbitrarily pick them up and move them to another place. All as if to prove a truth, this land has been used by the people for a long time, but the Phu Quoc National Park allowed people to dig up forest boundary markers and go elsewhere to do the wrong thing.
When we asked for some information to find the truth (such as the number of the landmark as well as the location of the new relocation), Mr. D.V.C as well as the representative of the household residing on this land could not provide it.
It seems that we are not interested in the issue that he wants, Mr. D.V.C suggested working with us privately. Without long lines, Mr. D.V.C recounted the whole story to convince the people and said directly that he would divide the portion to let us agree to write the article according to the content of the lawsuit.
"First, when I went to mobilize, I asked them (people - PV) to sign, but they still did not sign. The time he saw a prohibition mark, he went to the propaganda station to say, telling the households to sign for a few months to sign. When they came to the phone (by phone - PV), I also spoke, the households said that if (can do it - PV) then agreed. That is, I have already hit it" - Mr. C said.
Realizing the implied meaning in the sentence, we resolutely refused: "No! As I said from the beginning, we are not taking anything at all." After that, our group would like to end the working session with this reader.
Speak out to create trust
In fact, not only launching billion-dollar tricks, before that, to create trust for us to tighten cooperation, Mr. D.V.C also revealed many dark areas with the power to "quickly defeat, reduction".
According to Mr. D.V.C, the reason why Phu Quoc National Park relocated the forest markers was to "transform" people's land into national park land to compensate for the large area of land in the national park that this unit had previously granted to businesses for tourism. A story about "sky-catching" and attractive violations is not only to write an article to heat up public opinion, but also to threaten and create pressure for the Phu Quoc National Park to return the marker to its old position. Moreover, it also affects the reputation of Phu Quoc National Park leaders.
However, those are just baseless rumors and are completely contrary to reality and legal regulations. Mr. Dang Minh Lieu - Director of the Center for Eco-tourism and Biosphere Rescue, Phu Quoc National Park - confirmed: It is true that Phu Quoc National Park has reduced about 1,826 hectares compared to when it was Phu Quoc Nature Reserve, but this adjustment is decided by the Government.
Specifically, in 2001, the Prime Minister converted Phu Quoc Nature Reserve to Phu Quoc National Park with an area of 31,422 hectares. By 2010, the Prime Minister adjusted the area of Phu Quoc National Park to 29,596 hectares. For the reduced area, including the area of some long-time households with origin, results, and land use right certificates, the National Park has also adjusted the area of some households living along the forest out of the National Park of Phu Quoc.
For confirmation, we contacted and were confirmed by Mr. Ngo Minh Tri - Vice Chairman of Phu Quoc Special Zone People's Committee: "Land recovery in the case of land acquisition is the authority of the Central Government. The locality as well as the leaders of Phu Quoc National Park are the implementing units".
Mr. Tri also added that the allocation of land and issuance of land use right certificates to Phu Quoc National Park is carried out in accordance with the provisions of law, on the basis of the approved planning, submitted by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (now the Department of Agriculture and Environment) for approval by the Provincial People's Committee, so there is absolutely no case of Phu Quoc National Park arbitrarily relocating the land markers or granting land to any collective or individual as in the content of the People's petition.
Magical records and documents
Although we had prepared quite carefully before leaving, we could not help but be surprised when we saw and heard the tricks that land defendants in Phu Quoc used to deceive the authorities for personal gain.
"Fake documents, fake seals of authorities" are the hot keywords that we received during the verification process in Phu Quoc.
Mr. Dang Minh Hy, informed that in fact, in the past, some subjects have taken advantage of the use of land by households to mobilize and complain, denounce collectives, and make people confused in handling and resolving forest boundary adjustments, thereby profiting from land and illegally buying and selling. In many cases, there are even cases of forging documents, signatures, and seals of competent authorities to legalize land occupation.
"The authorities have detected and received over 30 cases with signs of forged behavior as well as inspection reports and adjustments to garden boundaries. The National Defense Ministry has reported to the provincial police investigation agency to monitor and grasp the situation. In particular, through verification by the authorities, there was 1 case of forging confirmation of the authorities to buy and sell land, has been prosecuted, and is in the process of investigation and handling, said Mr. Hy Lap.
