Ethnic group petitions UN to halt Areng dam

4 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
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Areng Valley / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Embassy of China / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Mines and Energy / National Assembly / Sinohydro

The Areng Chorng ethnic minority group yesterday submitted five petitions – addressed to the UN office in Cambodia and four government institutions – seeking a halt to the Sinohydro dam project in Koh Kong province. After blocking Sinohydro from entering the dam site in the Areng Valley for four weeks, six representatives of the 600 affected families approached the UN office, the National Assembly, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and the Council for the Development of Cambodia, said Ven Vorn, one of the representatives sent to Phnom Penh. …

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