Villagers in Svay Rieng angry over planned canal

12 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Chhoeuteal commune / Kraol Kor commune / LICADHO / Lim Kean Hor / Ministry of Water Resources / Svay Yea commune

More than 200 villagers from three communes in Svay Rieng province on Saturday protested against a proposal to build a huge irrigation canal through their land, a local official said Sunday. The planned canal would stretch across Kraol Kor, Svay Yea and Chhoeuteal communes in Svay Chrum district, and would cut directly through the land of approximately 100 families, district governor Soth Kimchan said. Mr. Kimchan said that more than 200 villagers had attended a meeting about the canal on Saturday but staged an on-the-spot protest against the plans. … Mom Lida, provincial investigator for rights group Licadho, said the proposed project is, in fact, a massive waterway that would be constructed by a Chinese company that signed a contract with Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor in 2010.

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