Evictees urge ministry to take action
Eight families whose homes were demolished at Boeng Kak lake last week have called on the Ministry of Interior to take action against the private construction firm – Shukaku Inc, owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin – and district officials who ordered the demolition. The families also asked the World Bank, the European Commission and several foreign embassies in Phnom Penh to pressure the government to give them titles to their land, and to include them in the 12.44 hectares set aside by the government for 800 families still fighting to save their homes at Boeng Kak…
