Families demand more dam compensation

8 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Energy / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Hydropower dams / Provincial and local governments / Renewable energy production / Social development
Hun Sen / Hydrolancang International Energy Co Ltd / Kith Meng / Lower Sesan II dam / Royal Group / Sovan Piseth

Representatives of more than 250 ethnic Lao families in Stung Treng province, near the border with Laos, met under a mango tree Monday and decided to reject a compensation package offered by the developer of the Lower Sesan II dam. In January, the government approved a deal that would give the Lao villagers between $2 and $44 for the loss of each fruit tree to the dam, depending on the species. The deal would also pay them for three local pagodas, if they have to be destroyed. ...

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