Battle over river in Svay Rieng
Authorities in Svay Rieng town are ignoring locals’ complaints over a Chinese firm that has allegedly been filling in a river in preparation to build a canal, villagers said yesterday. More than 130 families in Svay Teu commune, Svay Rieng province, have delivered petitions to provincial Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers, filed a lawsuit in the provincial court and held protests since work at the site started in January, they said. Sok Tan, a villager from Svay Tue, said that Chinese-owned company Taing Mengleang had bought 100 hectares of land in the commune, but villagers had not been told the purpose of the project. …
Kim Sarom
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