Arrests greet symbolic Boeung Kak gesture

Thirteen Boeung Kak women, including a 67-year-old, were arrested and forced into police vans and trucks yesterday as about 200 Phnom Penh municipal police and security officers cracked down on a 100-strong demonstration at the site. The group, which included Boeung Kak lake residents, evictees and their friends, had gathered in support of 18 families from village 1 who had threatened to build homes where their houses stood before their demolition in 2010. Only one of the families from Daun Penh district’s Srah Chak commune carried through with the attempt to rebuild yesterday – using basic tools to erect a simple wooden frame that was quickly torn down by police. …

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