Boeng Kak factions brawl over police base
The once unified fight of the Boeng Kak lake community against their forced eviction visibly fractured over the weekend, as factions within the community accused each other of literally casting the first stone in a brawl that broke out Saturday over a new military police base being built in their neighborhood. The Daun Penh district military police confirmed last week that land being cleared in the Boeng Kak area was for their new headquarters, only meters away from the homes of some of Cambodia’s most high-profile anti-eviction activists, including Tep Vanny and Yorm Bopha. The activists accuse the government of placing the new military police base as a move to intimidate them. District military police chief Thorng Piseth has denied the charge and said the city simply chose a plot of land that was available. …
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
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