Written by Thet Sambath
The Phnom Penh Post
NEAR the disputed Preah Vihear temple complex, 20 people who said they were residents of Ko Muoy village protested their eviction, demanding more compensation and greater government transparency, local villagers said.
But at a press conference on Wednesday, officials at the Council of Ministers said that many of the angry villagers were not actually residents of Ko Muoy, a village that was largely destroyed by Thai rocket fire in April.
"The real problem was caused by those who are not really villagers who live near Preah Vihear temple," said Sous Yara, an undersecretary at the Council of Ministers, adding: "The government won't provide land to those kinds of villagers."
Ros Heng, the deputy governor of Preah Vihear's Chom Ksan district, said the land is controlled by the Preah Vihear Temple Authority and will become a "nature area".
Kong Sorphon, the director of Preah Vihear provinces's Department of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said the 473 families being moved to Sa Em will receive ample compensation in the form of 2 million riels (US$482), a plot of land 50 metres by 100 metres and a new house.
But a police officer from Ko Muoy who says he is being detained at a provincial police station with a colleague for inciting the protests, disagrees. "We actually do not want to leave this place because this place helps make our lives better."
On Monday, more than 100 villagers came to Phnom Penh and delivered a complaint with 209 thumbprints to Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cabinet of Ministers, the National Assembly and the Senate.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHRANN CHAMROEUN
But at a press conference on Wednesday, officials at the Council of Ministers said that many of the angry villagers were not actually residents of Ko Muoy, a village that was largely destroyed by Thai rocket fire in April.
"The real problem was caused by those who are not really villagers who live near Preah Vihear temple," said Sous Yara, an undersecretary at the Council of Ministers, adding: "The government won't provide land to those kinds of villagers."
Ros Heng, the deputy governor of Preah Vihear's Chom Ksan district, said the land is controlled by the Preah Vihear Temple Authority and will become a "nature area".
Kong Sorphon, the director of Preah Vihear provinces's Department of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said the 473 families being moved to Sa Em will receive ample compensation in the form of 2 million riels (US$482), a plot of land 50 metres by 100 metres and a new house.
But a police officer from Ko Muoy who says he is being detained at a provincial police station with a colleague for inciting the protests, disagrees. "We actually do not want to leave this place because this place helps make our lives better."
On Monday, more than 100 villagers came to Phnom Penh and delivered a complaint with 209 thumbprints to Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cabinet of Ministers, the National Assembly and the Senate.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHRANN CHAMROEUN
4 comments:
Is there some kind of connection between the thai rocket shooting at Preah Vihear residence, and cambodian government evicting the residences there ? I think it too obvious.
SO OBVIOUS, THAT THE FBI WOULD SUBSTANTIATED AS A CLUE.
BOTH SIDE CLAIMED THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN THEY (Thai) LAUNCHED THEIR ROCKETS AT THE VILLAGER. THE CPP AGENDA IS TO MOVE THESE VILLAGER OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THEY CAN ADD THESE LAND TO THEIR REVENUE.
THIS IS HOW THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT EXPEDITE THEIR PROCESS.
A NEW METHOD INDEED..... FOR LAND EVICTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT.
To make himself look good, Huynh Sen offered to rebuilt the villager's their new home......... somewhere else.
Notice, there is not a single villager hurt.
Mr.Hun Sen you can't claim to create eco-tourism zone and build museum in Preah Vihear in promoting economic progress for the whole Cambodia while leaving out dirt poor average Cambodian people in the cold!
This is about promoting economic progress for the whole Cambodia and not just a few individual with money and power!
Would the museum will be the parthership between Hun Xen Children and rich Thai just like the one near Ankor??????
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