Company defies order, continues dredging sand
A company ordered to cease its sand-dredging operation along the Sesan River in Ratanakkiri province after it was accused of illegally searching for gold is now defying the order, villagers claimed Monday. Discovery Power, a joint Chinese-Cambodian venture, was given a license to dredge sand for sale but had instead allegedly been dredging sand and pumping chemicals into the water in search of a gold mine. In April, it was ordered to cease the operation after ethnic minority villagers in Taveng district complained that the company had left them with chemical-laced water that is causing rashes on their skin. …
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