Monks fight alleged overstep

23 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Land / Land policy and administration / Ministry of Cult and Religion / Social development
Borey Peng Huoth / Chea Khema / Hun Sen / Ly Saveth / Ministry of Cult and Religion / The Star Platinum / Wat Kohbodhivong

A deputy district governor and a land tycoon are allegedly attempting to seize land deemed sacred by about 700 monks and residents who gathered yesterday in protest outside the unfinished Wat Kohbodhivong in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district. Banner-wielding participants said that tycoon Chheang Paksour and Deputy District Governor Chea Khema are conspiring to parcel out pagoda grounds, despite the area being demarcated as sacred by the Ministry of Cults and Religion in 2006. …

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