Borei Keila Housing Deal Needs Investigated: Rights Worker
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Photo: by Heng Reaksmey
Nearly 200 families were moved here from the city, following a forced eviction at Borei Keila, a Phnom Penh neighborhood slated for development by the company Phan Imex.
“There have been no investigations into whether the total number of people are more than 1,300 families, or more than that."
A senior human rights investigator says a land deal with the residents of the Borei Keila community needs to be closely scrutinized before it can be trusted.
The development company Phan Imex has said it will house 1,380 families from the neighborhood, but residents say the number of families living in the area before they were evicted reached nearly 1,800.
Cambodia: Release peaceful protesters detained over forced eviction
The Cambodian authorities must immediately release 24 women and six children detained yesterday while peacefully protesting their forced eviction.
The group of 30 were arrested while protesting last week’s violent forced eviction of some 300 families from the poor Borei Keila neighbourhood of Phnom Penh.
“These people never should have been arrested in the first place,” said Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific.
“The women and children are some of Cambodia’s poorest, most vulnerable people – and when they’ve stood up for their legitimate rights they’ve been rounded up and locked away. This kind of heavy-handed intimidation must stop.”
(NewDesignWorld Press Center) - The Cambodian authorities must immediately release 24 women and six children detained yesterday while peacefully protesting their forced eviction.
The group of 30 were arrested while protesting last week’s violent forced eviction of some 300 families from the poor Borei Keila neighbourhood of Phnom Penh.
“These people never should have been arrested in the first place,” said Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific.
“The women and children are some of Cambodia’s poorest, most vulnerable people – and when they’ve stood up for their legitimate rights they’ve been rounded up and locked away. This kind of heavy-handed intimidation must stop.”
On 3 January, the families’ homes were destroyed by construction company workers accompanied by a heavy security presence. Human rights monitors and media reported that security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets against residents in an apparent use of excessive force.
Rocks, logs and bottles were thrown during clashes, and at least eight residents were arrested and remain in detention. More than 64 people were reportedly injured in the eviction.
“The authorities need to initiate a full and independent investigation into allegations of excessive force, and into why the forced eviction happened in the first place,” said Donna Guest.
The 30 women and children detained on 11 January are being held in Prey Speu Social Affairs Center in Phnom Penh, a facility regularly used by authorities to arbitrarily detain homeless people, drug users and sex workers rounded up from the streets. Human rights NGOs have reported that some detainees there have been raped or even murdered in the past.
“We have serious concerns that the 30 women and children arrested yesterday are at risk of ill-treatment,” said Donna Guest.
Amnesty International is also calling for the eight people detained during the 3 January eviction to be released, pending further investigation.
Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post Police and security guards detain former Borei Keila residents, including children, during a protest at the Phnom Penh City Hall last week. The protesters were sent to the Prey Speu Correctional Centre.
The 30 Borei Keilia women and children detained last week and sent to Prey Speu Correctional Centre for “vocational training” won’t receive this training because of a budget shortage, officials said yesterday.
The women and children were locked in the correctional centre after a protest in Phnom Penh last Wednesday, the Ministry of Socials Affairs said, for their own protection and for vocational training.
The Truth Behind Sending People to Prey Speu Center
Friday, 13 Jan 2012 14:31
In respond to what have been raised and for the purpose of good understanding of the core issue related to the transfer of 22 families from Borei Keila to temporary stay in Prey Speu Center, the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Division of Phnom Penh Capital Hall would like to present the following findings: The investigation of these 22 families reveals:
Rights group urges Cambodia to release protesters detained over forced eviction
By BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Amnesty International on Friday urged Cambodian authorities to immediately release dozens of women and children who were detained on Wednesday during a peaceful protest.
The London-based rights group said 24 women and six children were detained while protesting last week's forced eviction of some 300 families from the Borei Keila neighborhood of Phnom Penh, the country's capital. "These people never should have been arrested in the first place," said Donna Guest, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific.
Condemnation of 'shocking' Cambodian protest detentions
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There's been widespread protests over forced land evictions in Cambodia, like this one in 2010. [LICADHO]
Last Updated: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:44:00 +1100
Human rights campaigners have urged Cambodia to free 24 women and six children held at a notorious rehabilitation centre after a protest against a violent forced eviction.
"This is an absolutely unacceptable situation," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), who along with Amnesty International and 10 local rights groups demanded their immediate release on Friday.
At Least 30 Demonstrators Detained at City Hall [-Adding Insult to Injuries?]
Police Began pushing, hitting and kicking the demonstrators, Eye Witness Said After Workers rights and THEY failed to disperse the after the demonstration. (Photo by Heng Reaksmey)
"I saw police pushing a child, drank When I Tried to save the child DURING a clash, police Pushed me to the ground and kicked me."
At least 30 demonstrators from the embattled neighborhood of Borei Keila Phnom Penh Were nozzles and put onto Moved away from City Hall, Where THEY HAD has beens Protesting Forced eviction.
Moved to the police the demonstrators Prey Speu "rehabilitation center" in Dangkao district, Where They Are Being Held.
H.E. Mr. Ang Vong Vathana, Minister of Justice Ministry
Subject: Request for intervention for the release of 10 arrested community members as a result of forced eviction of Borei Keila community in Phnom Penh on January 3-4, 2011 and seeking of intervention to stop searching for the arrest of other community members.
As above-mentioned, we, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 23 member organizations, the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGO Forum), a coalition of 86 member organizations, the Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), a network of 12 member organizations, The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), a coalition of 9 member organizations, Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), a network of 7 federations, and Civic Alliance for Social Accountability in Cambodian (CASA), a coalition of 12 member organizations, would like to respectfully inform Your Excellency Minister of Justice that: on January 3-4, 2011, hundreds of private security forces and the armed forces equipped with weapons, shields, electrical sticks and tear gas have used bulldozers to destroy houses and other properties of the local residents living in Borei Keila community, forcing them to move from their houses. There were reports of approximate 200 villagers had used their rights of self-defense against the forced eviction which was violently carried out by the authorities and to protect their houses and properties from being destroyed. There were at least 10 of the villagers have been currently arrested and held detention in Prey Sar prison.
Monday, 09 January 2012 Khouth Sophak Chakrya The Phnom Penh Post
Nearly 20 families living in the capital’s Tuol Kork district yesterday accused local authorities of misleading some residents into thumbprinting documents agreeing to have their homes dismantled.
Ma Lin, a 56-year-old representative of 17 families living along street 347 in Boeung Kak I commune’s village 3, told the Post that officials had threatened to bulldoze their houses if they did not accept US$743 and houses on six by 12 metre plots of land in Kandal province.
She added that last month, village and district authorities had asked her to thumbprint a document that included the names of her family members, which officials claimed was a demographic census for 2012.
“Many villagers ... thumbprinted the document without reading its content clearly,” Ma Lin said, adding that 12 families had thumbprinted a document stating they were living on the roadside temporarily and agreeing to dismantle their houses if required.
Commune chief Vet Darith yesterday denied that officials had deceived the villagers.
“There is not any relocation of the villagers by eviction, though they live on the public road side,” he said.
He added that more than 130 families who lived along Street 347 before municipal authorities expanded it in 2007 had already accepted compensation.
Friday, 06 January 2012 09:51
Authority and Phanimex dismiss all disputes with Borei Keila residents Authority and Phanimex dismiss all disputes with Borei Keila residents
05 January 2012 05 January 2012 By Sek Bandith and Mom Sophon By Sek Bandith and Mom Sophon Radio Free Asia Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Soch Translated from Khmer by Soch
On 04 January, the joint police force of the 07 Makara district, the Phnom Penh city hall and the security force protecting the Phanimex company put in place their final ultimatum and they shut down any avenue for protesting in the Borei Keila land dispute case. On 04 January, the joint police force of the 07 Makara district, the Phnom Penh city hall and the security force protecting the Phanimex company put in place their final ultimatum and they shut down any avenue for protesting in the Borei Keila land dispute case.
Borei Keila residents clash with police in a strike earlier.
More than 10 local officials and security guards from a local developer who tried to dismantle 27 houses in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community in Prampi Makara district yesterday were prevented by about 50 residents, some of whom wielded bricks and crowbars.
Ponh Touch, 44, a resident of Veal Vong commune’s village 12, said officials and guards were trying to force people to move to resettlement areas in Tuol Sambo village and Phnom Bath village in Kandal province.
In 2003, Phan Imex Company signed an agreement with the government to construct 10 six-floor buildings on two hectares of land to house 1,776 displaced families, in exchange for the right to develop the remaining 2.6 hectares.
The company has constructed only eight buildings, leaving nearly 400 families without housing.
“Most of us want to live in buildings at the Borei Keila site because it is the agreement between the company and the government since 2003,” Ponh Touch said, adding some families had agreed to move to Tuol Sambo and Phnom Bath.
Phan Imex owner Suy Sophan could not be reached for comment, while district governor Som Sovann declined to comment.
Cambodia: Women fight land grab around Phnom Penh's contested lake
28 Dec 2011 22:32
Source: trustlaw // Amy Lieberman
Riot police scuffle with residents of Boeung Kak lake during a protest in front of the City Hall in Phnom Penh November 28, 2011. Thousands of families living near the lake are facing eviction to make way for a Chinese development project. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
Flooding disaster Torrential rainfall during this year’s rainy season caused the worst flooding to hit the Kingdom in decades. Flooding began in the upper Mekong in mid-July then expanded to provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake in September and October. About 250 people were killed, more than 250,000 were displaced, more than 1.6 million people were directly affected and at least 10 per cent of the nation’s rice fields were ruined or damaged. Although the government did not declare a national emergency, aid workers say villages in some provinces will take two to three years to recover. Government officials expect to spend nearly US$200 million to repair infrastructure, including roads, bridges and schools. Climate change experts believe that such disasters will increase in frequency and severity. This will require improved flood management, enhanced early warning and detection systems, and the implementation of risk reduction strategies, they say.
ឃ្លាត់បានតែម៉ាំងទេ អាវ៉ាអើយ! ឃ្លា ត់ បាន តែ ម៉ាំង ទេ អា វ៉ា អើយ! ក្រោយខ្នងហ្សេរ៉ូតាប្លាក! ក្រោយខ្នង ហ្សេ រ៉ូ តា ប្លាក! - All talk, no action!!! - All talk, no action!!!
Pursat land protesters closing national road (File photo: The Phnom Penh Post) Pursat land protesters closing national road (File photo: The Phnom Penh Post)
Hun Xen orders the cancelation of all land grants in the Cardamom MountainHun Xen orders the cancelation of all land grants in the Cardamom Mountain
In support of the people of Wukan’s struggle for democracy
“Down with Corruption, Reclaim Our Land” ---Hong Kong Calling for worldwide support for Wukan’s fight for democracy
On November 21st, 1927, under the leadership of Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese Communist revolution as well as committed socialist, the country’s first rural Soviet administration was established in area of Hailufeng, Guangdong province. Thus began the first chapter of the Communist movement in China.
Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) sincerely welcomed the delivery of the first batch of land titles to residents of Boeung Kak Lake on Saturday
Land titles were reportedly distributed to 254 Boeung Kak households by Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema on September 10th, coinciding with International Human Rights Day.
We recognize that the Royal Cambodian Government took a significant positive step towards fairly resolving one of the country’s most contentious land disputes when Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a sub-decree on August 17th that returns 12.44 hectares of land - previously granted to Shukaku Inc. - to its rightful owners. The distribution of the first batch of land titles marked another significant milestone and it deserves our recognition.
“When the authorities take action to protect people’s right to property and adequate housing, we are very happy to acknowledge it,” said Sia Phearum, Secretariat Director for HRTF. “The Prime Minister’s sub-decree was such an action and we are pleased to see the authorities beginning to implement it,” he added.
“This means that these families will now be able to go on with their lives without fear of losing their homes. It means that they will be able to contribute to and benefit from the development of the country,” said Eang Vuthy, Program Manager of BABC. “We hope that the authorities will give all the remaining families this security,” he added.
HRTF and BABC remain concerned about the Boeung Kak families who have been excluded from the entitlements granted under the sub-decree. We urge the authorities and the Shukaku Erdos Hung Jun Property Development company to identify a way to include them in the 12.44 hectare zone or negotiate an alternative agreement with them that fully respects their rights.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Sia Phearum, HRTF Secretariat Director - 012 852 325
Mr. Eang Vuthy, BABC Program Manager - 012 791 700
Judicial intimidation of community activists in Kampot Province
Date: 07 December 2011
Name:Chan Dara and Chan Sophanna
Category of activist:Fishery community activists
Location:Kep Thmey village, Boeng Touk commune, Toek Chhou district, Kampot province
Nature of threat:Judicial intimidation
Outcome:The two women are due to appear in Kampot Provincial Court of First Instance for questioning on charge of incitement of community members against a private development project on 8 December 2011
Brief Description:
Two fishery community members from Kep Thmey village have received summons for allegedly inciting community members against a private development project – the precise under provision under which they are summonsed is, at the time of writing, unknown. Mrs. Chan Dara and Mrs. Chan Sophanna are active community representatives of Kep Thmey village, whose residents are embroiled in a land dispute relating to a development project. The two activists were initially due to appear before prosecutors in early October 2011, but their summons dates were postponed to 8 December 2011 on the request of the two women.
Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC)- Community Legal Education Center CLEC)-Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF)- Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense (LICADHO)
Criminal Charges Against Activists Won’t Solve Boeung Kak Lake Crisis
MEDIA STATEMENT
Phnom Penh, November 29, 2011 – We, the undersigned civil society organizations, deeply regret the Phnom Penh authorities’ decision to bring criminal charges against four Boeung Kak Lake residents following their participation in a protest on Nov. 28.
We do, however, commend Investigating Judge Chhay Virak’s decision to release the accused under court supervision today.
The four female activists – Tep Vanny, Bo Chhorvy, Heng Mom and Kong Chantha – appeared before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today, and were charged with insult and obstruction of public officials, respectively, under articles 502 and 504 of the new penal code. If tried and found guilty, they face up to one year in prison and fines of up to 2 million riel.
Cambodia urged to drop charges against Boeung Kak Lake activists
Cambodian authorities must drop politically-motivated charges against four women involved in peaceful protests about the situation at Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh, where almost 20,000 people have been forcibly evicted since 2008, Amnesty International said today.
Bo Chhorvy, Heng Mom, Kong Chantha and community leader Tep Vanny -- were charged with “obstructing public officials” and “insult” – crimes that carry hefty fines and prison sentences of up to one year.
Boeung Kak lake residents scuffle with riot police during a protest yesterday outside City Hall in Phnom Penh. Four protesters were arrested and as many as six were injured when they were beaten and stomped on by police. (Pha Lina)
Boeung Kak lake resident Soung Samay is carried away from the scene of a protest after being beaten and kicked by police yesterday. (Pha Lina)
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Khouth Sophakchakrya and additional reporting by Yi Somphose The Phnom Penh Post
Four villagers from Boeung Kak lake were arrested and six were reportedly injured during clashes with municipal police yesterday at a protest at which they demanded that officials hasten the process of granting them land within an onsite relocation area set aside by the government.
Village 22 residents Tep Vanny, 31, Bu Chorvy, 37, and Heng Mom, 55, from Daun Penh district's Srah Chak commune, were arrested yesterday morning after they gathered outside city hall with about 50 other villagers to seek an explanation as to why they had not yet been issued land titles.
Village 24 resident Kong Chantha, 55, was arrested that afternoon.
Amnesty Calls for Halt to Cambodian Forced Evictions
Robert Carmichael | Phnom Penh
Photo: Reuters
Cambodian people pass the time in the ruins of a house at the Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh. The World Bank called on the Cambodian government to halt the eviction of another 10,000 people at a controversial real estate development and offered to help those who had lost their homes, (File).
CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the latest attempt by the authorities in Kampong Thom Province to prevent community members and civil society from advocating for the protection of Prey Lang forest. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Prey Lang protest puts foursome in firing line”) that Sandan district police chief Oung Moly has filed a complaint against two Prey Lang community members, Sim Sean and Roeun Sopheap, and two NGO workers, Chut Wutty of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) and Chhim Savuth of CCHR, alleging a crime of destruction of property against the community members and a crime of incitement against the NGO workers respectively.
Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions
On 24 November 2011, at a press conference in Phonm Penh, Amnesty International is launching a report revealing how Cambodian women are at the forefront of a battle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country.
Eviction and resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories details, through first-hand testimony, the stories of Hong, Mai, Sophal, Heap and Vanny, women who have faced or continue to resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
Press conference:
When: 24/11/11 at 9.30am Cambodia time / 2.30 am BST
Who: Introduced by Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Deputy Director.
Women affected by forced eviction will tell their stories.
Further information:
- Professional quality high res images are available
- Professional quality AV is available, inc. interviews with women and footage of forced eviction
- Interviews with women affected by forced eviction are available
- Interviews with Amnesty International spokespeople are available
- Please respect embargo of 24/11/11 11.30am / 04.30am BST
For an embargoed copy of the report, images, video material or to arrange interview please contact Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific press officer, Katya Nasim on :
An excavator destroys homes in Phnom Penh’s Dey Krahorm community in 2009. According to Licadho, about 250,000 Cambodians have been affected by land grabs and forced evictions since 2005.
Local residents delivered a petition with more than 1,200 signatures to Phnom Penh city hall yesterday, urging governor Kep Chuktema to make Phnom Penh an “eviction free” zone.
WEDNESDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2011 12:03 KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA
Photo by: Meng Kimlong
A boy walks past burning tyres during a protest in the Borei Keila community yesterday.
About 50 villagers representing 386 families from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community protested outside Prampi Makara district hall yesterday, urging the government’s intervention in a contentious land dispute eight years in the making.
In 2003, Phanimex Company agreed to construct 10 buildings on 2.6 hectares of land in Borei Keila in order to house nearly 1,400 displaced families in exchange for the land’s development rights. So far, however, the property development firm has built only eight of the 10 apartment buildings required in the contract, leaving nearly 400 villagers in limbo.
Representatives of those villagers – forced to remain in the squalid conditions of their lots in Prampi Makara district while their neighbours move into newer housing – demanded yesterday that the company begin construction on the two remaining promised buildings.
Boeung Kak lake residents dressed up as Buddhist nuns protest outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.
More than 200 residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak lake gathered outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday as four villagers who filed complaints after their homes were demolished by real estate developer Shukaku Inc last month responded to summonses for questioning.
A fifth villager, Tep Vanny – at court to answer questions related to a defamation suit brought against her by Phnom Penh attorney Suong Sophal – said that deputy prosecutor Sok Roeun refused to question her unless she could get the crowd to disperse, going so far as to give her 10,000 riel for a moto taxi home. Sok Roeun was not available for comment.
Boeung Kak lake residents protest yesterday at a site where homes were destroyed last month in Village 22, Daun Penh district. Photo by: Mai Vireak
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 May Titthara The Phnom Penh Post
Eight families whose homes were demolished at Boeung Kak lake last month appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in their case yesterday amid the rubble of their former homes and a flurry of summonses they say are intended to silence their dissent.
The families, who on October 4 filed a complaint against real estate developer Shukaku Inc, owned by Cambodian People's Party Senator Lao Meng Khin, said they have received separate summonses to appear for questioning today and Wednesday in the Shukaku case, while the company has not been asked to appear.
Additionally, two of the families have received summonses to answer to defamation charges filed by lawyer Suong Sophal - a man they say they have never heard of.
Speaking at a news conference at Boeung Kak, Tep Vanny, one of those summonsed in both the Shukaku and Sophal cases, said the summonses are a "trick" intended to delay finding a resolution in the ongoing land dispute in the capital.
"[They] use the court system to threaten villagers [involved in the land dispute] to stop them from expressing themselves," she said. "They should to stop this trick."
Six of the families are already the subject of a complaint by Srah Chak commune chief Chhay Thirith, who claimed the families had insulted and intimidated him.
Heng Mum, a housewife among those hit with dual summonses, said that she had never heard of lawyer Soung Sophal, but suspected that if he were filing a complaint against the villagers, he was likely involved in the demolition of their homes.
Former residents of the Boeung Kak lake area gather for a protest at 'Freedom Park' yesterday in Phnom Penh. The protesters allege that TVK was biased against them in its coverage of their struggle. Photo by: Mai Vireak
Friday, 14 October 2011 May Titthara The Phnom Penh Post
Former Boeung Kak lakeside residents who accepted compensation after facing forced eviction criticised a recent television portrayal of their living situation and requested additional government funds, during apeaceful protest at Freedom Park yesterday.
Villagers from the Borei Santepheap II building in the capital's Chaom Chao district accepted an offer of US $ 8,000 and two million riel per household to relocate from the lakeside in January, before the government decided in August to grant 12.44 hectares for on-site relocation to residents who had rejected previous compensation offers.
The villagers spoke out against an October 5 National TV broadcast, which they claimed had incorrectly depicted the villagers' living situation in a positive light by showing several Borei Santepheap II villagers saying that they had decent jobs and a good standard of living. However, the protestors claimed that they were struggling to find jobs and did not have enough money.
Village representative Sam Vanna claimed that the residents highlighted in the television program were lying.
URGENT ACTION CAMBODIAN LAND ACTIVIST BEATEN BY POLICE
Cambodian activist Suong Sophorn was severely beaten by police officials as he intervened to stop the destruction of houses in Boeung Kak Lake, Phnom Penh, on 16 September. Around 100 armed riot police and security guards stood by as eight properties were demolished without warning. Another 90 families are at risk of forced eviction.
The forced eviction began when men driving two excavators arrived at the Lake and first reduced the homes of three families to rubble, then moved on to demolish another five more homes and businesses. Suong Sophorn began peacefully calling for residents to join hands to stop the destruction of more houses, when he was surrounded by police who kicked and beat him with batons, and hit him on the head with a brick. He was left lying unconscious and bleeding. He was taken to hospital with a serious head wound and a broken finger. He has previously been targeted by the authorities for peacefully opposing forced evictions at Boeung Kak Lake.
Asian Development Bank denies requesting action against NGOs
Phnom Penh - The Asian Development Bank on Monday dismissed accusations that one of its consultants asked Phnom Penh to act against groups monitoring one of its infrastructure development projects.
An internal investigation found 'no evidence' of any request for action against two rights groups that advocate for people affected by a 142-million-dollar railway rehabilitation project, ADB country head Putu Kamayana said.
His comments contradict a June 17 letter from Minister of Finance Keat Chhon to Prime Minister Hun Sen, a copy of which the German Press Agency dpa has seen.
Keat Chhon wrote that an unidentified ADB consultant had asked the government to act against the groups STT and Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC).
Posted on September 12, 2011 by cambodiatrainspotter
Mom Kunthear, Phnom Penh Post, Sep. 12 2011
A deadline for relocation has been set for residents whose households will be affected by the controversial railway rehabilitation project in the capital’s Russei Keo district, with the government offering them money and land plots.
Sim Virak, a representative of the affected households, said yesterday the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, and the Ministry of Management, Urban Planning and Construction had ordered 28 families in Toul Sangke commune to be out of their houses by September 29.
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