More Houses Torn Down In Canal Clean-Up
Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district continued to demolish houses in Niroth commune yesterday, despite 46 families appealing to the municipality and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet to intervene. On Tuesday, three houses were torn down as part of efforts to clean up a stretch of canal that officials said was being polluted with garbage. “City Hall and Hun Sen’s Cabinet officials told us that they will consider this case, but they did not promise to solve it for us,” said Chea Dy, a villager representative. Shortly after the letters were submitted, district authorities tore down two more houses and damaged another two, Mr. Dy said. …
