The Apsara Authority in Siem Reap province of Cambodia has ordered a South Korean company to stop constructing a golf course, alleging that it was being built illegally inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, local media reported Thursday.
An unidentified South Korean company recently began building a golf course on land near the Western Baray, a large reservoir located west of the Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom temples that is considered an integral part of the temple complex, the Cambodia Daily newspaper quoted Apsara Deputy Director Dom Hak as saying.
"I found there are some buildings and a site for a golf course being built inside the land of the Apsara Authority near the Baray Region. They built with no permission from Apsara at all," Dom Hak said.
It is illegal to build such a site in this area, he said, adding that he ordered the project to be scrapped earlier this month.
However, several other officials familiar with the Angkor area said they had no knowledge of any such golf course being built inside the park's protected area, the newspaper said.
Siem Reap's Deputy Provincial Governor Ung Oeun said that he had no information about a South Korean company building a golf course inside Angkor's protected area, it said.
Apsara is the government agency tasked with managing the Angkor park.
Source: Xinhua
An unidentified South Korean company recently began building a golf course on land near the Western Baray, a large reservoir located west of the Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom temples that is considered an integral part of the temple complex, the Cambodia Daily newspaper quoted Apsara Deputy Director Dom Hak as saying.
"I found there are some buildings and a site for a golf course being built inside the land of the Apsara Authority near the Baray Region. They built with no permission from Apsara at all," Dom Hak said.
It is illegal to build such a site in this area, he said, adding that he ordered the project to be scrapped earlier this month.
However, several other officials familiar with the Angkor area said they had no knowledge of any such golf course being built inside the park's protected area, the newspaper said.
Siem Reap's Deputy Provincial Governor Ung Oeun said that he had no information about a South Korean company building a golf course inside Angkor's protected area, it said.
Apsara is the government agency tasked with managing the Angkor park.
Source: Xinhua
8 comments:
Do you think these foreigners came to Cambodia and do these kind of things on their own? Why don't they do these things in America? Look at the case of Boeung Kap Srov, a few days ago. The "elites family tree" again creating all these chaos. In the case of Boeung Kap Srov, Ah Hun Sen personally authorized it. He took and spent the money. News and critics broke out. He now makes planning review proposal (it's a garbage made by idiots). Thanks to the works of the 5 honory PhDs HUN SEN for running the lawless land.
Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt,.... Sick of it.
Why don't Apsara Authority degree it whole zone? As news have reported, there have been too much conflicts on this issue.
I may agree to the alleged violate by the the authority. So, stop defaming our country as you usually have done.
It is rediculous for your govn't, Hun Sen.
Why didn't Apsara Authority see this coming? Why only see after they started construction? There is of course bribes taken place at some point.
Learn from what happened to Phnom Penh stadium.
I predict that the HS government will order all the Yuon out of Cambodia before his term end - that would make him a "real" hero.
That is the way to make the S. Korean bribe more money haha
Give money to Apsara Authority and you can build even a casino in the middle of Baray.
It is the loser leaders who allowed this to happen. There are no clear process in Cambodia. Everything is blur by the corrupt standard; so no one to blame.
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