Sek Sovanna, a lawyer from the Community Legal Education Center, left, and Chan Saveth, an investigator for the rights group AdhocBy Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
12 September 2008
Forced evictions are seriously impacting the daily lives of many Cambodians, requiring an "advanced solution" as displacement persists, a rights official said Thursday.
"Development should be a benefit for people, but if it makes thousands of people lose their interests, how can we call it development?" said Chan Saveth, of the rights group Adhoc, as a guest on "Hello VOA."
Forced evictions of residents in the Sambok Chab neighborhood of Phnom Penh and a community living along Monivong Boulevard highlighted the problem, where people were removed to distant locales outside the city, far from work, school and services.
Residents of the Boeung Kak lake area, the city's latest development project, are continuing to protest their impending eviction, saying an $8,000 buyout option from the government is too low.
Sek Sovanna, a lawyer from the Community Legal Education Center, said the $79 million lease the city has made with Shukaku, Inc., to develop the area was illegal.
"They violated the law, the land law," she said.
"Development should be a benefit for people, but if it makes thousands of people lose their interests, how can we call it development?" said Chan Saveth, of the rights group Adhoc, as a guest on "Hello VOA."
Forced evictions of residents in the Sambok Chab neighborhood of Phnom Penh and a community living along Monivong Boulevard highlighted the problem, where people were removed to distant locales outside the city, far from work, school and services.
Residents of the Boeung Kak lake area, the city's latest development project, are continuing to protest their impending eviction, saying an $8,000 buyout option from the government is too low.
Sek Sovanna, a lawyer from the Community Legal Education Center, said the $79 million lease the city has made with Shukaku, Inc., to develop the area was illegal.
"They violated the law, the land law," she said.
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You all don't understand Hun Sen is doing development with Vietnam, not with Cambodians people. Hun Sen develops hundreds of KM with Vietnam land concesion, and 100 KM with Thailand, Koh Kong land concesion.
Why don't we let the cambodians suffer???
They want it. They get it.
They like to suffer.
So many of them have vote for CPP.
CPP is the continuation of the Khmer Rouge.
Why don't we let the CPP finish the JOB?
Don't They see that more than the 50% of
the CPP high classes are khmer rouge?
Why khmer westerners waste times and energies
for these silly cambodians?
Khmer in USA, Canada, France, etc. are
trying to take cambodians out of hell.
Still they want to live in Hell.
If they don't like the Hell,
Why do They vote for CPP?
I am tired of Nhiek Bun Chhay.
Can anyone kill him ???
He has erase the pride of Khmer Border Fighter.
You don't understand, Ok!
No-One voted for CPP, only his families and friends. Don't you see Fake Voters, and Goshes-Voters!. That's why Hun Sen let Thail soldiers and Vietmaneses soldiers kills Cambodian people. He is keeping to do Lands concesions.
2:58,
If you have any sense at all; Khmer people did NOT re-elect HS.... he re-elect himself.
STOP putting the blames on the People. Do you actually think that Khmer people wanted to suffer another 5 years?
Your lack of solutions and words of encouragement does nothing, but inflict more burden to the innocent. So, stop with your stupid ranting and instead offer some support. Please get right this time!
I have said many times already that all kind of economic developments, should be seen with social development such as good housing for all people good salary and good living condition to all people. If any developmentwhich has only shown the new building and new land grabs, is a kind of daylight robbery of powerless people from powerfull people. Areak Prey
When I saw this picture, it break my heart. All those children, babies, women, and men sitiing on dirt floor. It remind me of Khao I Dang refugee camp again.
Why Cambodia gov't is so greedy and treat it own people so bad. I see Khmers in pain, it makes my heart broken. When is going to END?
Oh lord buddha please bless those people.
Regards,
Central New York
I'm surprised that they were paid $8,000- this is first. If they were paid then most of these people owned the land because under the Khmer Constitution, the government can't take land without fair compensation. Sek Sovanna should be getting property appraisals on the land and then file in the court if the compensation is not fair market value.
It's remind me the Thai Border.
When I was 8 years old.
Well at that time, I know that we will see
the daylight when khmer border fighter
will kick viet's ass.. and youn's puppets.
Right now, this picture make me sad.
Khmer Canadian
This is AH HUN SEN economic achievement and that is to make every Cambodian people to live in a war zone condition! It is amazing that even after 30 years of war and Cambodian people still continue to live in a war zone condition!
Anywhere AH HUN SEN achieve in anything and that is where Cambodian people fail!
Maybe this is the cycle of abuse?
When people have been abused for too long like the bird inside the cage, they forget how to fly out :-(
If they only get money without new house with proper infrastructure and job opportunities, they will spend all the money and in a few years, they become poor beggars on the street in central town again.
I hope one day Cambodia understand the word of Conflict of Interest.
Maybe ten more years or until PM reach 90 years old.
many influential tycoons (okhna) becomes Senators, advisers...Excellency. Don't you think this is a conflict of interest?
Every new big company must give some percentage of share to the high ranking officials or PM family.
Look at Star Cell 098 or CADCOMM 013, Sokimex, Attwood,... Click net internet of Sok An,... many and many ..Too many thousand cases of conflict of interest.
Atleast the Thai's have the energy to protest, Cambodian's to lazy to move their ass out of the mess
To 12:54PM
What did you just say mother fucker? Do you really think that AH HUN XEN would allow any protest in Cambodia which could threaten his regime? That is the fucken reason why AH HUN XEN ban all form of protest from Cambodia including any fucken protest against the Thaicong naked aggression!
Just shut the fuck up bitch if you don't know anything!
I'm not suprised to see this people. They got what they did. They voted for cpp they will get result from cpp. So their destinies let they decide by themself.
When the current leaders still opt for this conduct:
100% revenue -- (party revenue + top officer revenue - ..)= left state revenue!!!!!
The consequences: little works done with low standard, people living under poverty line, servere corruption .. just to name a few.
What is the pride as a Khmer and as a leader of all these less fortunate people?
A concerned Khmer
Develops, develops, develops, go, go, go, don't let a few squatters stop Cambodia.
Develops, develops, develops, go, go, go, do let more Cambodian people to live in a war zone condition.
If AH HUN XEN is so much interested in his fucken economic development then no Cambodian people should be left behind and economic prosperity must be shared by all Cambodian people!
Let the poor people to die since most of them voted CPP. They are very stupid and ignorant. I am very pitiful of those with the opposition who suffer from Hun Sen power.
Why stupid Hun sen is so brainless? Too many poor and rich think ah stupid hun sen is a hero in 1979. Now, look what happen to the innocent people.
Thank you PM Hun Sen for freeing all of us from the Evil KR Regime and make Cambodia what it is today.
10:20PM may lightning strike the fucking stupid person like you! Cambodian care about Cambodian where ever we are!!!
You fucking mother should not brought you out 10:20PM stupid monkey!
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