Vulnerable evictees speak out
An 11-year-old HIV-positive girl evicted from Borei Keila moved back to Phnom Penh to live with her aunt because she had no access to medication at her relocation site in Kandal province, she said yesterday. During another day of protests outside the National Assembly, schoolgirl Theng Sovannary, whose parents died of AIDS, spoke of being sent to Ponhea Leu district on January 4, the day after more than 200 homes were demolished at Borei Keila. Theng Sovannary had been living with her sister and grandmother before being relocated, but moved back to Phnom Penh a week ago to live with her aunt because her condition had deteriorated without medication…
