Army creates new platoon in Areng Valley

24 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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The army created a new platoon on Monday to guard an area near the Areng Valley in Koh Kong province, where hundreds of ethnic minority residents have fiercely resisted plans by a Chinese company to build a hydropower dam that would flood their ancestral lands. The creation of the 30-soldier platoon comes a day before local officials are scheduled to meet the approximately 1,500 villagers who will be affected by the 108-MW Stung Chhay Areng dam and present a relocation plan to them. “We created a platoon this morning in Thma Baing district, which is around 10 km from the Areng Valley, in order to protect people’s safety and security,” said Brigadier General Yon Min, the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces commander for Koh Kong province. …

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