Police Broke up Villagers from Boeung Kak Lake

Around 200 people from Beoung Kak area in 8 villages, Srah Chork commume, Daun Penh district, on August 23, 2010, were planning to organize a public forum at the National Institute of Education in order to discuss together and find out way to solve their problems of which they said it resulted from the sand dredging by Sukaku Inc to fulfill the lake; and at the moment it is flooded all over. However, the plan was prohibited by Srah Chork authorities.

Villagers Protested against Eviction by An Mardy Company in Kampong Cham

On June 9, 2010 about 180 families in village 33, Ta Ol commune, Chamkar Leu district, Kampong Cham province came up to protest against the plan of An Mardy Company to evict them out of the site to resettle in O’Reang Ov district so that the company would be able to use that land for rubber plantation.

As reported by villager representative, prior to the above event, on April 1, 2010 local authority and the company representative went to the area and promised to give them $500 and a plot of land of 10 meters by 20 meters in exchange with the removal out of their place.

21 Families Faced Forced Eviction in Mean Chey

Some 20 families in Group 28, Tanou village, Chak Angre Leu commune, Mean Chey district, Phnom Penh have faced forced eviction from their own communal chief, asking them to dismantle their homes and moved to live in an area close to river cliff, of which they thought, was very danger when there was huge water during rainy season. The cliff normally falls down into water. Therefore most of the families have still refused to leave.

Last Forced Eviction of Reak Reay Community

On December 4, 2009 nine remained houses in former Reak Reay community in Tonle Bassac commune, Chamkarmorn district, Phnom Penh were totally dismantled and destroyed by Phnom Penh Municipal authority to grant that land to Bassac Garden City Co and Canadiana Bank for high building development project.

Forced Eviction and Rights Violation in Kampong Thom

A serious violence burst out in November 16, 2009 in Ror Gnieng garrison, Kraya commune, Santuk district, Kampong Thom province, between joint forces, police, military police and anti-riot police and over 100 local villagers over land, which was grabbed by a Vietnamese company, called Tan Bien.

Villagers in Reusey Keo Face Forced Eviction

At least around 20 houses of people living in Bie and Deum Kor village, Chroy Changva commune, Reusey Keo district, Phnom Penh, along National Road 6A were totally dismantled and destroyed by a group of 50 police and military police led by Reusey Keo Deputy Governor Koub Slesh and using bulldozer on October 15, 2009 in order to make way for an enlarged road and traffic roundabout linking the bridge from Choy Changva peninsula to Phnom Penh, whereas those houses’ owners were standing only to watch their houses and belongings demolished. Even though those local villagers asked the authorities to bring out some of their materials and belongings for daily utilization, it was not also allowed.