Sen David
The Phnom Penh Post
DREDGING operations are causing whole sections of farmland along Svay Rieng’s Toek Vel River to collapse, villagers said in a petition thumb printed by more than 300 affected families.
Ros Mov, a chief of Romeas Hek Samiky Land Community, said yesterday 389 families from four communes in Romeas Hek district – Koki, Doung, Ampil and Kampong Trach – were worried their farmland would be washed away.
“We are alarmed that our farmland on the river bank has been collapsing since Vietnamese boats began dredging on the Toek Vel River,” she said, adding that they had filed their complaint to the provincial hall.
“If the authorities do not intervene, the loss of our farmland will continue and it will affect other communes in the future.”
Kem Van, 25, said a strip of farmland 50 metres long and 20 metres deep on the river bank in Koki commune had collapsed since dredging began in the area in 2009.
“My family’s living is supported by this farmland. My cassava and rice crops have disappeared,” he said, adding that he had lived in the area his entire life.
Prak Saran, a Svay Rieng provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc said about three to five boats were dredging in the area everyday, but it remained unclear if the Vietnamese-crewed vessels were working for a private company or a government body.
“We helped them to prepare and file a complaint to provincial authorities,” Prak Saran said.
“Local authorities confirmed that in some places 10-metre sections collapsed and in other areas 30-metre sections collapsed.”
Dom Som Oun, the chief of Koki commune, said he was unsure if the dredging was illegal, but confirmed that sections of bank had collapsed into the river.
Provincial hall officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
8 comments:
Don't complain because Cambodia is really a province of Vietnam. The Vietnamese boats have all the rights to do what they want.
If you complain anymore, we will 'te ong' your heads.
12:25 AM
It's quite a shame for you who are really a Cambodia, yet pretend you're Yuon to generate angry response from other Cambodians. You should be ashamed of yourself.
The current gov’t does not represent its people.
It is very simple to access that the DREDGING is good or bad for the country.
If it is good the Viet would do it in Vietnam.
The current gov’t which cannot see this simple right and wrong is not worth being a gov’t.
The current gov’t is worse than animals, because at least the latter know how to take of their youngs.
KI you should sue SOY SOPHEAP because he copy of his picture
from your KI site with out any
of your permission . look at in DAP
new today and the picture he copy
from your interview or may be he like the interview too much and let the KI know (HE IS READING AND WATCHING KI EVERY DAY)
You are full of shit.
Why you are complaining that don't you know Kampuchea now belong to Youn at all? Your authorities are working to Youn for long time ago you all don't know? No longer you are will be the Youn slaves for ever. Long live the passive people on the Globe from big country to small one!
12:30 AM
It's quite a shame for you who are really a Cambodia, yet pretend you're Yuon to generate angry response from other Cambodians. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Look to your land who belong to now?
It proves that the current Hun Sen’s gov’t is 100% Viet slave.
To Hun Sen don’t you get mad when people say that you work for the Viet, because you really do.
No past Khmer leader was as submissive as you to the Viet, Hun Sen.
You should not be born Khmer.
You, Hun Sen, can lie to anybody but you cannot lie to yourself.
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