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PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government has awarded another large swath of Botum Sakor National Park to local conglomerate Royal Group, carving out yet more land from this ostensibly protected area to hand over to private developers. The awarding of the 9,968 hectares (24,631 acres) was approved on Jan. 25 this year, but the decision […]
Names have been changed to protect sources who said they feared reprisals from the authorities. BOTUM SAKOR, Cambodia “We’ve filed complaints with four institutions now the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Land Management, and the Ministry of National Defense but only the interior ministry has responded,” said […]
This is the first article in a three-part series. Read Part Two and Part Three. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia “I was detained for a night, the authorities had come to tear down another house, so I went to help, but ended up getting arrested instead,” said Phal Seat, a 47-year-old resident in Koh Kong province’s […]