Villagers to block roads in protest
Hundreds of people whose land has been swallowed by a giant Chinese tourism project on the coast of Koh Kong province will attempt to demonstrate their grievances today by blocking national roads 4 and 48, villagers and human rights workers said… Protesters have been resisting China’s Union Development Group since 2008, when the government approved the firm’s $3.8 billion property project, which is designed to come complete with its own airport, golf course and high-end hotel complexes. The government has granted the company a total of 45,000 hectares of land inside the Botum Sakor National Park…
