Cham families agree to move from the riverbank
More than 100 Cham families living in boats on the banks of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Chongva peninsula have agreed to relocate upriver after they celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan over the weekend, a community representative said on Friday. Matt Kriya, a representative for the floating Cham community, said authorities had informed them they would be moved 500 meters north on the Tonle Sap river on Monday as a temporary solution to an order demanding their relocation. … Chroy Chongva commune chief Chao Sidorn said that authorities were currently working out how to properly relocate the families, but that nothing had yet been decided. …
