Sand dredging deja-vu

They thought the days of scenic sunsets ruined by the noise and pollution of dredgers on the Tatai River were over, but villagers and business owners in the popular tourism destination now say they were duped in a promise from ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat. In October, the Post reported that Ly Yong Phat’s LYP Group had respected an agreement to stop sand dredging on the Tatai River in Koh Kong province by mid-October, to the relief of business owners and villagers in the area who had long campaigned against the dredging. But Janet Newman, owner of the Rainbow Lodge ecotourism resort, said yesterday that rather than respect the written agreement from July 16, Ly Yong Phat had simply subcontracted out to another company. When she confronted the new company, which began dredging alarmingly close to the bank late last month and on one occasion actually tied their boats to her property, she was told they were from International Rainbow Company Ltd…

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