Meanwhile Not Far From There…
Mu Sochua, opposition CNRP MP, made yet another attempt to reach Freedom Place, sealed off from the public since early January after the violent crackdown on striking workers and a series of CNRP mass demonstrations following the July 2013 elections. She was yet again prevented from doing so by the police…
Not far from there, members of the Boeung Kak lake community who were evicted from their land some 5 years ago, staged a demonstration in front of the Phnom Penh municipality to demand a better compensation for the lost property.
This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes and which reports on land issues in Cambodia since the year 2000 with texts by Robert Carmichael and over 700 photographs.
