Road Built on School Land Draws Protest

15 March 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Education and training / Education policy and administration / Primary and secondary education / Social development
Cambodian Independent Teachers Association / Kim Touch Water Supply / Kratie Province / Preah Kossamak High School / Rong Chhun

The water company that sparked four days of protest in Prey Veng province last week has once again drawn criticism, this time from teachers in Kratie province, who say the firm is building a road across their school’s land. Forty-nine teachers at Preah Kossamak High School in Kratie City on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen, asking him to intervene in a dispute with Kim Touch Water Supply Co, Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association President Rong Chhun said yesterday. ... The school’s acting principal, Hey Bun Chhy, said: “I do not have enough power to solve it, but I wrote to the provincial education department director about it.” But provincial education department director Lay Bora said that he, the school’s then-principal Vin Sokheng and Mr. Bun Chhy had met with Kim Touch representatives in November and signed off on the development.