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| A scuffle with residents breaks out as police and Shukaku workers try to remove people's property |
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| An aerial view of the lake area from a skyscraper |
By Khan Sophirom, Phnom Penh
UCANEWS.com
Sam Anita, 37, has been living happily in the Boeung Kak area of Phnom Penh, together with her brother and his family since 1993.
But things are about to change as Anita’s family is one of some 4,000 lakeside households facing eviction and the destruction of their homes.
However, she says she’s going nowhere without a fight.
“The authorities and an investment company are going to destroy my house soon. But I am not leaving. I want a proper compensation,” said Anita, a Catholic who works as a secretary for the Catholic Church’s national committee for liturgy.
The Boeung Kak community is a victim of Cambodia’s booming economy, thanks to a large extent to feverish investment from companies around the East Asia region.
In 2007, the Cambodian government granted a US$3-billion concession to Shukaku Inc., a local investment company to jointly develop a 130-hectare area around Boeung Kak with a Chinese company. The urban development project means the existing community has to go.
Residents say they have faced intimidation and some homes have already been demolished.
Anita says she does not oppose investment projects, “But we must get reasonable compensation.”
She says residents have three choices: relocate 25 kilometers away, wait for new housing to be constructed nearby at an unspecified time, or receive US$8,000 in compensation.
“How can I go to work from 25 kilometers away, in a place without electricity and clean water? If I choose to wait here, where is my family going to stay in the meantime? And if we take the money, how can we buy a new home with that amount?” she said with tears in her eyes.
Local people say land in the area now costs up to US$1,500 per square meter.
On Jan. 14, 50 workers from Shukaku, together with police tried to forcibly evict 20 households.
Catholic photo-journalist Sovan Philong was slightly injured in the scuffle and had his two cameras confiscated. He only got them back after being forced to delete the photos he had taken.
“It was the most shocking experience I have had as a photo-journalist,” said Philong.
16 comments:
Send all these Kong Santisok tov Jeay den!!
Please send all these security guards to the border!!!!
Khmer PP,
They do this thing to their own people and when fighting broke out with Thai, they ask for people donate money to the soldiers at front line?
They should ask the Yourn company that they gave lands to to donate money
ហ៊ុនសែន វាសំលាប់ខ្មែរដើម្បីលុយនិងអំណាច
តើយើងជឿទេថា អ្វីដែលវាធ្វើអីលូវនេះ
ដើម្បីខ្មែរ រឺដើម្បីការពារអំណាចវា?????
គួរតែដឹកដៃគ្នា ទៅសួរពលរដ្ឋនៅបឹងកក់
តើវាគួរអោយសង្វេគប៉ុណ្ណារ!!!!!!!!!!
លើកឧទាហរណ៏ បឹងកក់គ្រាន់តែជាចំណុចតូចមួយ
ប៉ុណ្ណោះ!!!!!!!!!
ការការពារព្រំដែនសព្វថ្ងៃ គ្រាន់តែជារឿងកំប្លែងប៉ុណ្ណោះ
ដើម្បីការពារព្រំដែនយើងពិតប្រាកដ យើងត្រូវរៀបចំប្រទេសយើង
អោយមានលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យពិតប្រាកដ និងពលរដ្ឋគឺជាម្ចាស់អំណាចពិតប្រាកដ
នៅពេលដែលហ៊ុន សែន កាត់កោះត្រល់ និងកោះជាច្រើនទៀត
រួមទាំងដែនដីគោកនៅតាមព្រំដែនយួន
អោយទៅយួន ប៉ុន្តែពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរមិនសុខចិត្ត
សួរថា តើយើងអាចការពារដែនដីយើងពិតប្រាកដបានដែររឺទេ?????????????
អាយ៉ងក្បត់ជាតិ ហ៊ុន សែន ជាមេឃាតករឈាមត្រជាក់ ហើយក៏ជាមេគ្រោះថ្នាក់ធំជាងគេ បើមិននាំគ្នាកំចាត់
វាចោលទេ ប្រទេសខ្មែរគ្មានថ្ងៃបានសុខសាន្តឡើយ។
យើងត្រូវតែនាំគ្នានិយាយពីអំពើក្បត់ជាតិនឹងអំពើអាក្រក់
របស់មេដឹកនាំកម្ពុជា ទាំងយប់ ទាំងថ្ងៃ មានដូចជា ៖
ពួកអាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួន ហ៊ុន សែន, ហេងសំ រិន, ជាស៊ីម,
សុខ អាន, ហោ ណាំហុង, ឱម យិនទៀង, ចៀម យីប,
វ៉ា គិម ហុង, ស ខេង, ងួន ញ៉ឹល ។ល។ និង ។ល។
និយាយហើយនិយាយទៀតដើម្បីអោយជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ
ដឹងឮ ទូទាំងពិភពលោក។
អោយពួកវាស្អុយឈ្មោះ ស្អុយត្រកូលរាប់ម៉ឺនសែន ឆ្នាំ...!
It is all up to you Khmers about your lands, because Youns and Siems like to share and will be swallowing your lands pretty soon.
ម្តេចថាតេជោអញ់ក្បត់ បើអាញ់ច្បាំងសម្លាប់ថៃ
រាប់មិនអស់ការពារទឹកដីកុំឱ្យថៃយកនោះ ហើយដើម្បីឱ្យយួនវាដាំបង្គោលព្រុំដែនស្រួល
គ្មាននាក់ណារករឿងអញ់បានចង់ចៅហ្វាយអាញ់ដាំចូលត្រឹមណាក៏បាន។ឃើញទេបក្សប្រឆាំងក៏កំទ្រអញ់ទាំងស្រុង ស្គាល់ទេអាញ់តេជោ
ការការពារព្រំដែនសព្វថ្ងៃ គ្រាន់តែជារឿងកំប្លែងប៉ុណ្ណោះ
ដើម្បីការពារព្រំដែនយើងពិតប្រាកដ យើងត្រូវរៀបចំប្រទេសយើង
អោយមានលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យពិតប្រាកដ និងពលរដ្ឋគឺជាម្ចាស់អំណាចពិតប្រាកដ
នៅពេលដែលហ៊ុន សែន កាត់កោះត្រល់ និងកោះជាច្រើនទៀត
រួមទាំងដែនដីគោកនៅតាមព្រំដែនយួន
អោយទៅយួន ប៉ុន្តែពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរមិនសុខចិត្ត
សួរថា តើយើងអាចការពារដែនដីយើងពិតប្រាកដបានដែររឺទេ?????????????
fuck khmer officals!
they can only fight with the weak common Khmer people, but not the thais @ the border.
always asks sympathy to other nations for money donations, taking advantage of the situation to feed their greed.
( "oh UN, please stop thai to shoot us" )
( "we dont need UN intervention, this conflict can be solved by the two countries" )
believe it or not, i like thai's statement more than my own PMs.
Right now there are more chineses and viets living in khmer country so if Thai attack khmers,they attack on all of us, the viets and the chineses. Bring it on Thai people,your arroganess will soon be over and done with. All your land will once again return back to khmers, Viets and Chineses. The reasons you have lived up until today because of the west influences but time is up. The west is too busy with the midle east now and has no time for you guys no more. So, back off now before it is too late. 4.6km is not yours and it is nothing compare to millions lives are at risks. Wisdom
Now Khmer feel the
wind of change,Khmer
people must protest
to bring Hun Sen down
because the Khmer
economy is down.
Few more weeks or months,the Hun Sen govt will not have money to pay their
officials from top to bottom and Khmer
people have not enough food consume
.So Khmer people must protest against Hun Sen govt and Vietnam in Cambodia.
give them proper compensation so this area can be fully developed into a beautiful section of phnom penh, really! god bless cambodia.
Traitor Hun Sen is only use you when he needs you, such as election time after that he just throw you in the water if you can not swim you die.
Most of these people probably voted for him but now he just turn his eye(s) away and let them suffer.
What a scum he is, wost than Pol Pot time. In Pol Pot's everyone suffered now only the poor suffer and the traitor an his family and friend are millionaire.
This is how they makes money, They deforestation of the Cambodian rain forest, Many Land concessions for 99 years, Kos Pos , Kos Pich, Phnom Borkor, Beng Kok, Dey Keohorm, Angkor Wat and Tonle Sap are all for 99 years.
Talking about youn, there are million of youns in srok Khmer right now and the traitor did not give a shit.
I hope you and your family and friends die by the youns.
11:25! The major part of the location is a NATURAL lake! After motherfukers develop the place Phnom Penh would be flood avery year!
And ah Kwackm choynaray would say who can think that far!
Stupid PhD from Hanoi motherfucker may lightning strick all his crooked family and thugs!
it's not the development that cuase the flood, etc, think about it logically! it's the lack of proper drainage system that can create the flooding, really! i bet if cambodia start to modernize the drainage system all over the country, it will not flood or at worst, the flood can be controlled, etc..., you know! it's no more excuses to blame the development, instead look for solution like put in place or revamp the city's drainage system which by the way was destroyed during the backward KR era, you know! and if lack of concept or idea, i suggest we look and study from other more developed and modern countries out there to see how they manage sewage, flooding, sanitation, etc, etc for their modern cities all over the world, ok! so stop making poor excuses to discourage cambodia from fully developing our country into a more modern, trendy capital city of phnom penh, ok! god bless phnom penh, cambodia.
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