Officials ‘take cut’ of dam compensation
Officials involved in negotiating compensation offers between the developers of the Lower Sesan II dam and affected villagers have kept a portion of the money paid out to 12 families for themselves, according to an official. Duong Pov, Stung Treng provincial administration director, claimed that a number of villagers who had received compensation paid 10 per cent of the money they received from the Lower Sesan II Company to his working groups as a “tip”. … Mao Porm, project manager of the Culture and Environment Preservation Organisation, which has worked as an advocate for many of the affected communities, told a different story. He said the villagers had been pressured into accepting lower compensation than they wanted – between $8,000 and $15,000 – and officials had taken a 10 per cent cut without consulting the families. …
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
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