Boeng Kak evictees deliver petitions to embassies to pressure government
Some 100 former residents of Phnom Penh's Boeng Kak community yesterday delivered petitions to 10 embassies and the offices of the World Bank and European Union asking them to pressure the government into increasing the compensation for their evictions. Sam Vanna, a representative of the residents, said the group represents the roughly 3,000 families that were evicted from the site over the past year to make way for a real estate project led by Shukaku Inc, a private firm belonging to CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin, who is also chairman of the powerful Phanimex group...
