Second Eviction Protester Jailed In Two Days

6 September 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Cities / Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Economy and commerce / Gender / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Phnom Penh / Social development / Urban administration and development / Women in development
Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak residents / Borei Keila / Borei Keila evictees / ELCs / eviction protests / evictions / forced evictionsevictees / land / land disputes / Phanimex / Property / Property Development / property development projects / property firms / Shukaku

Police and court officials yesterday questioned, charged and imprisoned elderly woman involved in the long-running land dispute at the Borei Keila community in Phnom Penh, a day after an anti-eviction protester from Boeng Kak community met a similar fate. In both cases, police and court officials would not explain the charges against the women, who have been protesting against their evictions at the hands of two well-connected property firms: the Phanimex firm at Borei Keila and the Shukaku firm at Boeng Kak. ... Dozens of Boeng Kak residents were aong the 180-strong crowd that protested outside the municipal court yesterday and moved on to the gates of Prey Sar, where the two women are jailed ahead of trial. ...