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| In late 2010, Shukaku, Inc., continues to pump fill into Beoung Kak lake, inundating occupied homes as it moves towards building a residential and business district. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey) |
Phnom Penh Friday, 11 March 2011
"The development of the area requires them to remove their houses so that new ones can be built, after which they can return."
City officials and residents fearful of eviction failed to reach an agreement on Friday over the Boeung Kak lake development, living families in continued doubt over whether they will eventually be evicted.
Seven Phnom Penh officials led by Deputy Governor Noun Someth sat with 35 lake residents to discuss options, following multiple demonstrations in recent weeks and the findings of a World Bank investigation that faulted a land-titling program for failing the residents.
Lake residents say they want to stay on 15 hectares of land in the 133-hectare commercial development by Shukaku Erdos Hongjun rather than take buyouts or move to an inferior location—or to leave the area at all while it is developed.
City officials say the development of the area requires them to remove their houses so that new ones can be built, after which they can return. However, residents say they will not leave their current homes in the area until new ones are built they can move into.
The core disagreement left both sides at loggerheads on Friday, despite increased calls from city officials that residents settle with the developer or face penalty of law and the destruction of their homes without compensation.
The meeting follows the release of investigation results from the World Bank on Wednesday that found the Bank’s Phnom Penh office had failed to follow a land-titling plan that could have prevented many evictions from the lake area.
In a statement Friday, the Ministry of Land Management reiterated the government’s position that the lakeside residents were not among those who should have received titles under the World Bank program.
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To all Khmer people
Khmer every where need to stand up at the same time and kick Hun Sen regime on March 18 for the sake of our country, liberate our people from tyrant. We must take part together on that date, March 18, to struggle for a change in Cambodia, we must joint hands and hands, shoulders and shoulders including monks, people and the people from all walk of life. Now we set the date March 18 to topple Hun Sen regime. Please, stand up together in Phnom Penh on that date.
March 18, 10:00 AM
At Soun Pracheathipatey
(CNN) -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have BURIED KEP CHUTIMA, HUN SEN, HENG SAM RIN AND CHEA SIM by 8 feet (2.4 meters) UNDER the Earth on its axis.
Sam Reangsy will be there!
TODAY THE EVIL HUN SEN A MAD DOG AND UPSET,TOMORROW HE'LL BE DEAD LIKE AH
SADDAM HUSSEIN.
MARCH 18 WAKES UP,STAND UP,RISE UP AGAINST AH HUN SEN AND AH YUON IN SROK KHMER.
We are asked to defend Preah Vihear, but the land in Phnom Penh are sold to the Chinese and only a small minority benefits the sale of land and their inhabitants expelled.
Whose interests to defend Preah Vihear?
Ask the small minority of privileged people who is in power and the Chinese to defend Preah Vihear!
11:10pm
why go fight and die in Preah Vihear, while land in Phnom Penh are sold to foreigners for the benefit of a minority of people?
It is an excellent question!
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