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13 Aug 2008

Author:
Nguon Sovan & Sebastian Strangio, Phnom Penh Post

Last sunset on Boeung Kak lake as developers move in [Cambodia]

Next month, developers [Shukaku Inc.] will begin filling in Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak Lake...But residents remain concerned about their fate…Despite exhaustive efforts by Post reporters to track down the developer for comment, no Phnom Penh office or contact number could be found…David Pred…of legal NGO Bridges Across Borders, said..."At the moment they're pressuring and intimidating people to move and to accept relocation…There's been no consultation and no information given to these people." [Deputy governor] Pa Socheat Vong said the company had made efforts to explain the situation…but that claims of eviction were meaningless because they were residing on state-owned land…[However] Pa Nguon Teang, former executive director of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights…said many residents had a legal case for title to the land.