13 arrested

May 22, 2012
Photos and Story by John Vink

13 members of the Boeung kak Lake community were arrested this morning during a protest where the community attempted to rebuild a house on the sand filling the lake… (I had left before the arrests were made)…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 22/05/2012: Members of the Boeung Kak Lake community trying to rebuild a house on the sand of the filled-in lake. ©John Vink

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 22/05/2012: Riot police moving in to prevent members of the Boeung Kak Lake community to rebuild a house on the sand of the filled-in lake. ©John Vink

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 22/05/2012: Security guards carrying away timber members of the Boeung Kak Lake community were going to use to rebuild a house on the sand of the filled-in lake. ©John Vink

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 22/05/2012: Evicted owner of a house at the Boeung Kak Lake community lying on the ground as a protest because he was prevented to rebuild a house on the sand of the filled-in lake. ©John Vink

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 22/05/2012: Venerable Loun Sovath, a Buddhist monk involved in land issues, monitoring members of the Boeung Kak Lake community trying to rebuild a house on the sand of the filled-in lake. ©John Vink

And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of land issues in Cambodia for the iPad is available on iTunes… Here is the Youtube teaser</