New Boeng Kak Group Petitions World Bank

6 July 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Economy and commerce / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Multilateral development assistance / World Bank
Boeng Kak / Boueng Kak / Bridges for Peace / Disputed Land / ELCs / Equitable Cambodia / EU / European Union aid / evictions / foreign aid / foreign embassies / Housing Rights Task Force / Housing Rights Task Force secretariat director Sia Phirium / Land concessions / land ownership / Land rights / land tenure / pettitions / Phnom Penh / protests / public disorder / Samakum Theang Tnaut / World Bank

About 30 former residents of the Boeng Kak community submitted a petition on Friday morning to the World Bank office and several embassies in Phnom Penh, calling for a halt to all funding for longtime anti-eviction protesters from the Boeng Kak area. The Boeng Kak counter-protesters accused Tep Vanny, the well-known spokeswoman of the Boeng Kak anti-eviction activists, of fomenting incitement, and accused several NGOs of supporting her work. The counter-protesters’ statement, which bore the signatures of 67 people, also said that the Boeng Kak community has not been affected by land concessions and accused Ms. Vanny of twisting reality. …

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