Borei Keila Families Mark Anniversary Of Eviction

4 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Borei Keila / Pa Socheatvong / Phanimex firm / Phnom Penh City Hall / Suy Sophan

About 100 former residents of the Borei Keila community on Friday morning marked their violent eviction two years ago by authorities from their former neighborhood and demanded that their homes be rebuilt. “We are the families of Borei Keila, and with this ceremony we mark the destruction of our homes two years ago, and we demand our houses back, because, now, we sleep under rubbish,” 28-year-old Prak Sotha, a former resident, said during the ceremony at the site of the former homes. On January 3, 2012, police, military police and security forces destroyed the residents’ houses with excavators and arrested more than 10 people resisting eviction. Some people were injured as authorities used tear gas and electric batons to force people out of their homes. … A total of about 300 families were evicted to make room for a residential development project by Phanimex firm, owned by well-connected businesswoman Suy Sophan.

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