Voice of America
Cambodia's government has moved to resolve a land dispute with about 1,000 families in Phnom Penh after the World Bank threatened to cut off future loans to the country.
Under the deal, which became public Tuesday, the government has set aside a 12-hectare plot on a 133-hectare development site for the resettlement of families displaced by the project.
That meets a key demand of the families, which have held repeated protests over the scheme to fill in a site at Boeung Kak lake to make room for luxury shops and apartments. The project is a joint venture between a well-connected Cambodian politician and a Chinese company.
The World Bank last week admitted it had failed to protect the residents when it participated in a land registration project a few years ago. A spokesman Tuesday welcomed the government's decision but did not say whether a freeze on loans will be lifted.
More than 2,000 families have already moved away from the development site, accepting what many considered inadequate compensation for their homes.
The bank said the loan freeze would not affect its current projects in Cambodia. According to its website, it has more than 20 active projects involving more than $400 million in funding.
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That should be an example of the responsibility for other donors and creditors. Leverage should be applied when necessary to ensure some level of social responsibility and positive development. Otherwise, the greedy "oknhas" and "samdeches" would reign without limit on the back of the poors and powerless.
Hi Everyone,
One of KI-Media member who has his name in Facebook as Khmer Sovannaphumi but his real name is Pang Sokhoeun, former political asylum and now living in Sweden. He always copies news from here to post in his facebook profile to promote himself, but right now, he tries to remove and blocked anyone who dares to reveal his con activity particular he tries to hide what he has cheated his wife (Sreypov Chea) by having a girlfriend (Sokunthear Sam) behind his wife back. Now, his girlfriend had run way from him after she knew his cheating.
A con man Pang Sokhoeun as well as KI-Media like to insult to the government officers who have affairs, but himself does even worse than other people. What a shame!
When one person had posted in KI-Media and accused that a con man Pang Sokhoeun is a brother of Som Ek (former Chief of Tiger's head sign guerilla, who was arrested and put in prison by Cambodian government) during that time, a cheater Pang Sokhoeun came to deny in his blogs immediately and had pointed the blame to Mr. Sourn Serey Rotha, but this time, he has bury his head in the sand because he cannot deny the truth that he has cheated his wife. Right now, all he can do is removed and blocked anyone who dared to reveal his cheating.
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