Environment Minister Denies Hardship at Tourism Project

The Minister of Environment has countered a rights worker’s claim that villagers relocated to make way for a Chinese-backed mega-tourism project in Koh Kong province lack proper access to medical care. About 1,100 families have been forcibly evicted from their coastal villages in Botum Sakor National Park and Kiri Sakor district. They accepted compensation offers that included several thousand dollars, new wooden homes and 2 hectares of farmland each at a relocation site…