Under a controversial new plan by the Ministry of Interior, ethnic Vietnamese – some living in Cambodia for generations – begin to see documents revoked
Behind the traffic police station in Kampong Chhnang town, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Tonle Sap, immigration officials gathered thousands of ethnic Vietnamese to begin a nationwide process of revoking “improperly” issued documents this week. The plan to review birth certificates, identity cards, passports and family books for “irregularities” was first announced in April. In October, the Immigration Department announced the process would affect at least 70,000 people, most of them members of the oft-marginalised minority group. According to an article by government mouthpiece Fresh News on Sunday, the national policy began in Kampong Chhnang province on November 23, with provincial authorities identifying more than 10,000 people with allegedly improper documents. …
Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/ethnic-vietnamese-some-living-cambodia-generations-see-documents-revoked
