Photos from the eviction of Sambok Chap villagers: the gentle approach promised by Kep Chutema

More than 1000 military cops move in to evict the Sambok Chap squatters (AFP)

Cambodian people carry their belongings as they are evicted by police forces from a slum in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. More than 1,000 police, many armed and in riot gear, evicted hundreds of families who had refused to leave a Phnom Penh shantytown, as authorities moved to end a standoff that has stalled millions of dollars in commercial development.(AFP)

Hundreds of Cambodian riot policemen are seen in a shantytown in Phnom Penh June 6, 2006. Hundreds of families who refused to leave their shantytown near the Mekong river bank were moved by riot police. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

The Phnom Penh municipality hired demolition crews to tear down the houses of Sambok Chab villagers. It also arrested the protesters and took them away to the police station. (Photo AFP)

Cops watched as trucks transporting evicted villagers are moving them out. Reporters and human rights activists are prevented from observing the incident. (Photo RFA/Rick Chor)

Cambodian families are transported on a truck after the eviction of residents from a shantytown in Phnom Penh June 6, 2006. Hundreds of families who refused to leave their shantytown near the Mekong river bank were moved by riot police. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Children are transported on a truck after the eviction of residents from a shantytown in Phnom Penh June 6, 2006. Hundreds of families who refused to leave their shantytown near the Mekong river bank were moved by riot police. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

The evicted villagers are brought to Andaung village, Kauk Roka district, Khan Dangkoa, a suburb of Phnom Penh. They are setting up temporary shelters. (Photo: RFA/Rik Chor)

The settlement location for the villagers is in the middle of a empty rice fields without basic necessities or utilities. (Photo RFA/Rik Chor)