PHNOM PENH, March 31 — Rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Cambodia to immediately stop the ongoing “mass forced evictions” of 10,000 families from the Angkor...
PHNOM PENH, March 31 — Rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Cambodia to immediately stop the ongoing “mass forced evictions” of 10,000 families from the Angkor Wat temple complex.
Authorities say they are acting to protect the ruins by moving squatters whose informal settlements are damaging the local environment by producing rubbish and overusing water resources. “The Cambodian authorities should immediately halt this harmful eviction drive that seriously risks impoverishing thousands of families,” Min Yu Hah added.
Families being moved are given a 20-by-30-metre plot of land, US$350 cash, 30 pieces of tin roofing material and access to a welfare card — but they have to build their own houses.
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