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That’s it

That’s it, Dey Krohom fell. This morning at 6, several hundreds of police, protecting workers hired by 7NG company and a few bulldozers, in a perfectly organised move, sprinkled with tear gas, fire hoses and an occasional beating, brutally levelled the houses of Dey Krohom, destroying private property by simply crushing many houses with all their content, leaving no chance to several households to put their belongings in security. For those who managed to get their things out of their home, a truck carried it all swiftly away to their new home, far away… (VIJ2009003) There will be more on Ka-set.info soon. Tomorrow there will be a multimedia slideshow at K7Media… I’ll tell you more tomorrow..

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Police assaulting barricade set up by the Dey Krohom inhabitants with shell sellers carts before their final eviction.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Police aiming tear gas at man’s height to inhabitants of Dey Krohom before final eviction.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Final eviction of Dey Krohom.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Final eviction of Dey Krohom.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Final eviction of Dey Krohom.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Final eviction of Dey Krohom.

It cost me one lens, destroyed by a rock, and a cut in my leg. It cost so many people SO much more…

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