Families Foresee Rocky Road Ahead
Fourteen Phnom Penh families claimed yesterday that government maps showing their houses in the path of a road-widening project were inaccurate and would condemn them to eviction without adequate compensation. Ek Malin, 57, a representative of the community on Street 347 in Tuol Kork district’s Boeung Kak I commune, said Om Bunly, director of the Tuol Kork land office, had distributed a map that showed their houses in the middle of the road, supposedly already blocking traffic and planned development. … Families have been haunted by the threat of eviction since 2007, when authorities announced plans to widen Street 347 by 30 metres. …
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