Residents Call for Foul-Smelling Factory to Move
About 100 people protested Wednesday evening outside a Phnom Penh ice-making factory owned by the daughter of deputy Kompong Spue governor Tong Seng, complaining that the factory causes a bad smell and that the health of residents in Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 commune was suffering as a result. … Residents say they want they want the factory moved out of the commune altogether. [District Governor] Mr. [Klaing] Hout said officials from the ministries of environment and industry mines and energy had visited yesterday to inspect the factory and promised that the bad smell and noise levels from the factory would be addressed. … However, it is not the first time that complaints have been brought against the factory. In November, about 70 families met with factory representatives and deputy district governor Ly Rosamy, with Rosamy saying further action would be taken if the owner failed to build a wall around the factory, but no wall has been constructed. …
