Eviction Notices Arrive Too Late, Villagers Say
Poipet City authorities have issued eviction notices to those living alongside a section of railway that is earmarked for renovation, telling the families to move within 10 days or risk loss of property. The villagers said yesterday they received the eviction announcement only one day before the date they were to be evicted. In the letter dated March 27 and obtained yesterday, the 22 residents are told they have 10 days “to remove their houses and buildings away from the railway.” … Government officials, however, denied the villagers’ account of the situation, saying that residents had been aware of the impending eviction for some time. …
