Cambodia has around 200 government-provided land concessions, totally 2 million hectares.
The men had been forced to work long hours for little pay aboard the boat before escaping to Indonesia.
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last week he wanted the men arrested.
Sia Phearum told “Hello VOA” people are being forced off land they earned through “backbreaking” work.
The group counted nearly 50 community evictions last year alone, affecting almost 12,000 families.
The measures are designed to crack down on the sales of pirated U.S. products overseas.
The letter was delivered to China, France, Russia, the UK and the United States.
Phan Imex was supposed to build 10 buildings to house evicted residents and built eight instead.
A US official said this week that Obama could participate in an Asean summit to be hosted in Cambodia in November.
Asean countries are facing a multitude of issues which includes a dispute over the South China Sea.
Meanwhile, the US is making diplomatic efforts to improve its relationship in Cambodia.
Thirty-eight people remain in unlawful detention after they were seized by authorities as they protested outside City Hall this week.
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