Also, they Hmung or whatever they are, do not resepect individual
private property rights as a culture, just to add a little perspective
to your specualation...

Certainly no racial bias evident in a statement like that......

And it is all speculation from all sides. A "he said vs. he said". Nobody
discussing this has made a blanket statement that any facts or representations
are irrefutable.
It's all theoretical at this point.