Buildings Up for Demolition Broke Agreement, Not Restrictions
Phnom Penh’s governor on Thursday refused to confirm whether two buildings close to the Royal Palace will be pulled down after local district and commune officials said Wednesday that their demolition due to height violations was imminent.
Governor Pa Socheatvong declined to comment on the reports of demolitions, saying instead that a number of consultations were underway. …
On Thursday, Ministry of Land Management spokesman Beng Hong Socheat Khemro claimed that the two buildings that were supposed to be earmarked for demolition had drawn the attention of authorities not because of their height vis-a-vis the Royal Palace, but simply because they broke the terms of their planning permission. “The problem now for these two building is not that they are too high, but that when they asked for permission to build they were approved to build at a certain height but they ended up building higher than they were allowed,” he said. … Simon Henderson and Aun Pheap
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