Anti Eviction Activists Take Plea for Help to CPP

Phnom Penh's anti eviction protesters yesterday staged a 100 strong demonstration outside the CPP Headquarters on Norodom Boulevard, calling for the ruling party to release a jailed community activist and help families acquire land titles. ... They also requested that the government include 61 families left out of a plan that saw more than 600 other Boueng Kak families receive land titles last year, and ask that authorities finally demarcate the 12.44 square km area exempt from development. ... Tep Vanny, one of the demonstrators, dismissed Mr. Saron's claim that the CPP was powerless to help. ...

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