Villagers seek refuge in Phnom Penh pagoda again

25 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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About 160 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district embroiled in a land dispute with a plantation owner are the latest evictees to take residence in Phnom Penh’s Samakki Raingsey pagoda. A spokesman for City Hall, which has made repeated efforts in recent months to prevent the pagoda from becoming a shelter for provincial protesters in the capital, said Thursday authorities will request the villagers to leave. …

 Aun Pheap and George Wright
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