7NG Company and Phnom Penh Authorities Intent on Inciting Disorder in Cambodia's Capital
By: licadho
Posted: Jan 9 08
Witnessed: 8642 times
Regions: Cambodia
Tags: Forced Eviction, housing rights, land, Protests
(The man with a black shirt is employed by 7NG Company.)These roadblocks are the latest in a three-year campaign of harassment and intimidation of the community to coerce them to surrender their land to 7NG in return for new apartments on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, 20km away, or cash payments of far below the market value of the land.
This video was captured by grassroots organization LICADHO-Canada. Learn More at http://www.licadho.org
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