Cambodia News: Boeung Kak

One monk's battle for Cambodia wins Irish director global awards
The Times
A n Irish filmmaker's years on the frontlines of violent protests in Cambodia have paid off with a multi-award-winning documentary. A Cambodian Spring, which won best documentary at the influential Brooklyn Film Festival and the special jury prize at ...

Worried villagers seek info on rail project
The Phnom Penh Post
The line extends from Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak area north to Kilometer 6 in Russey Keo district. Residents along the line fear eviction or confiscation of parts of their land. Community representative Ny Sandos said the local administration needed to ...

Cambodia: Six land rights activists face 'bogus' charges – watchdog
Asian Correspondent
Other activists charged over “public insult” and “death threats” comprised members of the Boeung Kak Lake community, namely Kong Chantha, Nget Khun, Cheng Leap, Heng Mom, and Tol Sreypov. According to HRW, the charges dates back to a “spurious” ...

Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Land Rights Defenders
Human Rights Watch
On July 14, 2017, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court is expected to review charges of “public insult” and “death threats” that have been brought against Tep Vanny and other members of the Boeung Kak Lake community, namely Kong Chantha, Nget Khun, ...

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Boy, 8, held for selling crystal meth
Khmer Times
Bun Sothy, a Tuol Kork district police officer, said yesterday that the boy did not attend school and lived with his parents in a slum by the train tracks in Boeung Kak II commune. Mr Sothy said police caught him openly distributing crystal ...

'Chaotic' Phnom Penh was built on a wing and a prayer – and an occasional police baton
The Phnom Penh Post
At Boeung Kak, more than 4,000 families were violently evicted from their decade-old homes to make way for an ambitious satellite city that has yet to eventuate 10 years after the lease to the land was signed in February 2007. To this day, about two ...

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Once there was a lake
D+C Development and Cooperation (press release)
“There is no trust between villagers at Boeung Kak Lake and the government,” says Vann Sophat of the non-governmental Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). The local people are frustrated because the government is not offering any solution.

Three-car smash at railway crossing
Khmer Times
A train departing Phnom Penh for Preah Sihanoukville province slammed into a car yesterday in Toul Kork district, sending it careering into two other cars stopped by the tracks. Khat Khon Tith, Boeung Kak 2 commune police chief, said no one was injured ...

Boeung Kak lake dispute 'closed'
The Phnom Penh Post
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday washed its hands of the decadelong contentious Boeung Kak lake issue, saying it was closing its conflict resolution process, leaving seven families who had refused to accept the government's offers in the lurch. Following ...

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Boeung Kak: A Disastrous Decade
The Phnom Penh Post
Ten years ago this week, Phnom Penh City Hall and the development firm Shukaku Inc announced an agreement to transform the Boeung Kak lake area into a sprawling mixed-use development. In the years following, thousands were evicted and a protest ...