While waiting for the weight registration of Cambodian female Kun Khmer boxers (hopefully something decent on this later- story VIJ2008099) I climbed on top of the extraordinary Olympic Stadium conceived by architect Vann Molyvan. Between 5am and 6am there are hundreds of people exercising, playing football.
There were no events on the eviction fronts in Penh today. The 7NG employees went back to intimidate the Dey Krohom people about their Art center. But they left at 11:00am. Hungry I guess. At Boeung Kak: nothing new. The pipeline pouring sand into the lake was moved away a little from the collapsed houses, […]
Not a good picture (for once?): poor composition, I’m not close enough and poorly positioned. But what the heck… These guys are from 7NG company and they are destroying something which doesn’t belong to them: a water jar belonging to the Art Center at Dey Krohom. 7NG has plans to develop the area and is […]
The Dey Krohom community held a religious ceremony to celebrate Human Rights day. It has been nearly one year since the last unsuccessfull push to evict them from their houses.
So finally a demonstration was authorized in Phnom Penh. Human Rights Day is worth it to the Authorities it seems… Some 2000 people showed up. The last time I saw so many people demonstrating was for the commemoration of Chea Vichea’s death. And that was on January 22nd 2008. Nearly one whole year without a […]
Cambodia, ranked 166th out of 180 countries in 2008 by Transparency International regarding corruption levels, celebrated International Anti-Corruption day at Wat Phnom with a meeting attended by some 280 people, mostly students. (story nr VIJ2008097) Phnom Penh (Cambodia). 9/12/2008: OM Yeng Tieng, Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit at the Council of Ministers, talking at the […]
Two more houses were toppled, pushed down by the sand pumped into Boeung Kak lake by Shukaku development company.
He is dressed in red but thinks green: Sinterklaas arrived in a cyclo to visit the Belgian community in Penh this year. This is a significant decrease in the ecological impact the patron of the children is usually inflicting the world with his incessant travelling…