Borei Keila residents appeal for governor’s help
About 100 residents of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community embroiled in a long-running land dispute with the powerful construction firm Phanimex filed a complaint at the Prampi Makara district offices on Friday, seeking the intervention of Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema and demanding that the company fulfill its agreement to house the residents in apartments. Phanimex had promised to build 10 apartment blocks to house the 1,776 affected families, but only eight have been built, leaving 384 families without permanent accommodation. The conditions were set when the residents gave the company their land in 2003…
