Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Lake Residents Make Prayers to River Spirit

Boeung Kak lake protesters pray to the spirit of Preah Ang Dang Keur in front of the Royal Palace on Tuesday, in a bid to stop a development company from pushing them out of their homes. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey)
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Tuesday, 09 November 2010

A group of lakeside residents gathered at a shrine on the bank of the Tonle Sap river on Tuesday to pray to a spirit to save their homes, as they appeared to be running out of options.

The residents burned incense and prayed to a saint called Dang Keur that their homes be spared by an $80 million development deal between a private company and the city of Phnom Penh. Residents refuse to take a buyout from the company that they say is too low.

Meanwhile, the company, Shukaku, Inc., continues to pump fill into Beoung Kak lake, inundating occupied homes as it moves towards building a residential and business district.

Residents say they have lodged complaints with the city and have already protested multiple times in front of City Hall. They will continue to protest, they said.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dak tomneay oy vea ngoap oy ors tov roum taing a Hun Sen phang.

Anonymous said...

To all the Khmer loving country people!!!

We need a sniper shooting at our father’s forehead..... That is the only way to get rid of him.

He thinks he owns Cambodia. We are his kids are so embarrassed when he talks like a barbarian or like a singing monkey on a tree.

Our mother is also making us ashamed of her skin bleaching, awkward jewelries wearing and flirting around...(my mother bun runny is seeing this hot looking 18 years old man behind my father's back - my father did not khow)

Please help us to get rid of them; we don’t want to be the Viet slaves.

HUN MANET, HUN MANA AND OUR SIBLINGS.

Anonymous said...

What can the poor and powerless do but turn to the invisible power for help.

Anonymous said...

LONG LIVE VIET NAM...

KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
Province of Viet Nam

Nation Religion KING..

1. You idiot khmer have no nation it is all belong to vietnam now.. we run your country and our brothers and sisters are all over your country and in every level of government.

2. You have no religion becuase look at you even your own country to betrayed look at Hun SEn- CPPP we control thme -- how can they have religion becuase soon will be vietnam province

3. KING what KING-- he can not beg us to keep him there-- so he have to bring his mother which she work for our interested with hun sen and cpp.. then his father to beg us for keep him...

what a loser race. you all should dies and wishes you will never born.. better born as vietnamese you might be a little smarter and maybe love your own kind ans country better..

LONG LIVE VIET NAM.

more money from china is good for our vietnamese brothers and sisters
that hold every level of officials in cambodia that control cambodia.. will use this money to further control cambodia... it is us that the king of cambodia to to beg us the viet nam to keep him there.. good work hun sen-cpp.now we have more money from china

Anonymous said...

Boeung Kak Lake residents's tears and pain is shared by Khmer around the world.

Hun Sen must brought to the international court of justice for so many crimes he has committed against innocent Khmer people.

Hun Sen must meet a miserable end.

Anonymous said...

Residents at Boeung Kak put a curse on the land-grabbing Shukaku Inc.

But let me joint those residents but mine is put on Sun Hen directly.

Anonymous said...

A Hun MANET, ME HUN MANA are useless. A MANET, educated from outside but does not use his brain wisely. it's shame that his father suck the nation wealth and use it to educated him but at the end he become like his idiot father. I just can't understand why Hun Sen want to destroy his nation???? has he ever thought that if this happens to him or his family one day, what would he do???? A MANET !! SAME ON YOU..... You should tell you corruted father to save the country...

Anonymous said...

Only pray you will not get nothing, the best way you all must convert to Muslim, than You are will see the way brightly and the oppression will be redurce

Anonymous said...

This is a kind of robbery not a investment project. Though this so-call development protect people shall get the proper compensation. But the robber actually is forcing people to leave their land and being paid by far lower price compare to the real maket price.

THE MOST EVIDENT OF THIS KIND OF SHIT IS 7NG CASE where people were forcing brutally to leave their home and the freed land is not being developed anyway but just fencing the land for football field with 5USD per hour. Such development is very shit. It's very shamefull to the the Human being.Only the dog's brain can think it's the development plan.


In fact those robber will get the land to sell to foreign company in order to get lucrative profits. Those robber are always use that ways to become an millionare over the tear of the poor family


Hun Xen is very competent to sell state and people's land and property in order to make hiself and his group's interest.

If you are the real good leader and competent don't use your talent to make money by only sell the state's property and land and borrowing money from outsie.

Anonymous said...

You have to be your own agent for change...Believe me they will never listen to you if you not show them that your are the force of change and you can make change happen anytime soon. So all together with your family, neighbors and friends organize a sit in protest on the street to show the world. If they move it to hurt you, the world will condemn their action and this can lead to some remedy that could benefit you.
If you afraid, scare, don't expect them to compromise with you... Do it..If you don't do it you'll loose your land anyway. You have every right to organize this protest for your own benefit. Rember nobody give you freedom unless you fight for..

Anonymous said...

YOU GUYS NEED TO WORRY ABOUT AH YOUN TAKING CAMBODIA LAND NOT THIS! THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

Anonymous said...

8:34 am He is crying because he is jealous of Cambodian aid from China. Let he cry until he dies and goes to hell

Anonymous said...

Hanoi killed Moslems and took Champa.
Hanoi killed Khmers Krom and has controlled.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
Down Vietnamese expansionism!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane!
by Volcano!
by earthquake!
by tsunami!
and by….!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane! by Volcano!
by earthquake! by tsunami waves ! and by….
LONG LIVE CHAMPA !
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE !
LONG LIVE CHAMPA!
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE!

KhmerIsrael said...

I wish their trust was in the God of Israel. Then they would be encourage by the strength of his truth.

Psalm 37

.Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
.For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
.Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
.Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
.Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
.And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
.Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
.Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
.For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
.For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
.But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
.The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
.The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
.The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
.Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
.A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
.For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Listen people, God is only deferring his judgment. He will take vengeance against the wicked, none will escape his judgment.

Anonymous said...

Keep praying you idiots. This show how lame stupid Khmer culture is. Disgraceful!

Don't do anythying. Just keep praying while Hun Sen giving your nation to Youn. As long as you idiots only do is pray soon there won't be any Cambodia and Cambodian left.

Anonymous said...

loa mengkin and yeay poo need a b40 on thier head.