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| About 30 former Borei Keila women petitioned King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday to intervene and facilitate the release of seven other evictees detained at Prey Sar prison since last month. (Khouth Sophak Chakrya/Phnom Penh Post) |
Thursday, 09 February 2012
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post
About 30 former Borei Keila women filed a petition yesterday asking for King Norodom Sihamoni to intervene and release seven of their fellow evictees who have been locked in Prey Sar prison since violent clashes with police on January 3.
Chum Ngan, 40, one of the evictees filing the petition, said the Borei Keila evictees were turning to the royal family for a solution because their series of pleas to public institutions such as the National Assembly, City Hall and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet had been ignored.
“We hope that the King will urge the local authority through Prime Minister Hun Sen to end our conflict,” she said.
The Borei Keila evictees’ petition to the king calls for the release of the seven Borei Keila evictees arrested as development firm Phan Imex demolished their homes on January 3.
It also asks for the company to honour the contract it signed by constructing two more buildings and for evictees to be compensated for their destroyed homes and property.
Royal Cabinet officials could not be reached for comment.
Sia Phearum, president of the Housing Rights Task Force, said evictees of Borei Keila had filed the petition because the local authority was not dedicated to resolving evictees’ problems.
“This is their last choice. They need the King and [Hun Sen] to help them,” he said. Phnom Penh deputy governor Nuon Someth disputed claims that city officials did not care about people once they were moved to relocation sites.
“Phnom Penh municipality has been developing gradually by equipping clean-water systems and offering small loans,” he said. However, he acknowledged some faults in implementing the government’s resettlement policy.
In 2003, Phan Imex Company signed an agreement with the government to construct 10 six-storey buildings on two hectares of land to house 1,776 displaced families, in exchange for the right to develop the remaining 2.6 hectares.
Only eight have been built.
5 comments:
You must so something godd to your own people King.
Your name is a King and your last name is Norodom not Kong OK. Be brave like a real king please.
Let's take a look at this photograph, are they YOUN/VIET people or Khmer? If they are Khmer, why did they have changed the costum, they wear pant instead of Sarong or Sampot Khmer style. They are want to be YOUN/VIET and Chinese people. Don't you ever say lot of YOUN/VIEtnamese in Cambodia. I think there some. This KHMER want to be Chen - Youn.
អាខ្វាក់ហ៊ុន សែន និងគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ជាអាយ៉ងយួន ជាខ្ញុំកញ្ជះយួន ជាជនក្បត់ជាតិ លក់ទឹកលក់ដី...។ល។
To 08:28 am
You should focus on the plight and
the pleas of these women, NOT on
their clothing.
A Khmer Woman
hun sen and the stupid king can never help you! Why you keep holding these yuons' pictures!
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