Jarai Accuse Firm of Planning to Drain Lake
Ethnic Jarai families living in Ratanakkiri province’s Borkeo district have accused a Vietnamese rubber company of digging a channel to drain a lake the indigenous villagers use for fishing and irrigation, a local official and rights worker said yesterday. Rochom Vin, Yeak Som village chief, said that since June, the Kao Su Ea Lev BM Yoy Stock company has been digging a conduit to connect Lumpok lake – which is located outside the company’s economic land concession – to the nearby O’Kantey stream, with the intention of draining and filling in the lake to grow rubber on the land. …
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