After clashes, tentative agreement for Borei Keila
Following their fourth protest in as many weeks, residents of Phnom Penh’s displaced Borei Keila community yesterday reached a tentative housing agreement with development firm Phanimex, company and village representatives said yesterday. The meeting came after a protest yesterday morning in which more than 100 residents clashed, at times violently, with at least 50 military police, riot police and police armed with batons and riot shields. Demonstrating in front of Prampi Makara District Governor Som Sovan’s office, the protesters – most of whom were women – burned incense sticks and set out offerings to the spirits, praying for an end to their long-standing land dispute…
