Governor Pledges to Help Evicted Families

20 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Cities / Civil society / Concessions / Human rights / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Phnom Penh / Public land lease / Social development / Urban administration and development
Boeng Kak / Borei Keila / Lao Meng Khin / Pa Socheatvong / Pheapimex / Phnom Penh City Hall / Shukaku Inc

Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Friday visited evicted residents of the Borei Keila community, now living in a slum atop piles of garbage near their former homes, and promised, yet again, to build proper housing for the 150 families who refuse to move from the site of their former homes. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said that although the exact plans still needed to be worked out, the municipality would clean up the garbage-filled area where the 150 families are now living and construct at least 150 4-by-6 meter houses nearby. … Shortly after becoming governor in May 2013, Mr. Socheatvong met with protesting residents of the former Boeng Kak lake community, who also face eviction, and promised to resolve their long-running dispute with Shukaku Inc., a property firm owned by CPP senator Lao Meng Khin, which was also given the residents’ land by the government. …

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