Friday, 26 May, 2006
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
Officials from Ouddar Meanchey province had indicated that the family of [minister of defense] Tea Banh is overtaking lands located at the foothill of Mount Dangrek to build casinos there. The land clearing for roads is nothing more than to facilitate the traveling for gamblers who wish to reach the casinos to be built by the Tea family. As noted, members of the family of Tea Banh, the minister of defense, have been installed as important chiefs along the Cambodia-Thailand borders, for example, Tea Vinh was put in charge of governing along the sea coast. Tea Vinh’s son, Tea Soth, is a military post director and was installed as the director of the Choam border post in Anlong Veng. Furthermore, the expandind power to Tea Somsak, the son of Tea Soth, in Anlong Veng had angered not only the civilian population in Anlong Veng who witnessed the destruction of their properties, but also among the soldiers of military region 4 as well. Therefore, the government should carefully review the government land grabbing to build casinos by the Tea Banh family. It should be stopped as it angered the Cambodian people, and they will have to face the gambling vice in the future.
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