ANZ hit by controversy in Cambodia

7 August 2014
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ANZ / Kith Meng / Ly Yong Phat / Royal Group

ANZ is facing calls for compensation over its funding of a Cambodian sugar mill linked to child labour, forced evictions and land grabs. Media reports on Monday said hundreds of Cambodian farmers had called on the bank to provide compensation for the land they lost due to the A$220 million ($243 million) sugar development, owned by Ly Yong Phat, one of Cambodia’s richest men and a senator from the country’s ruling political party. …

 Georgia Wilkins
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