Ethnic villagers fight lake fill-in
One hundred and thirteen Jarai families from Ratanakkiri’s Bakeo district are sending a letter of protest to the provincial fishery administration today, after a Vietnamese rubber company started filling in a lake that they had promised last month to preserve for villagers. Rochom Ven, chief of the Yasom village in the Soeung commune, said the company, Kao Su Ea Lev BM Yoy Stock, resumed filling in the 50-metre-by-300-metre lake with plants and bamboo late last month. Earlier that month, the Jarai villagers had complained to rights group Adhoc when the rubber company first started clearing land near the lake. …
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