Every Word will be Heard…
Every statement, every word will be heard by the Boeung Kak Lake community entangled in a 4-year struggle to keep their land (see here, here and here): Kep Chuktema, Governor of Phnom Penh, stated on television that those left without a land title at Boeung Kak have no right to claim rightfull ownership. So the Boeung kak Lake community fired up the photocopy machines and demonstrated yet again in front of the Municipality building with cardboard signs carrying copies of the legal documents they have in their possession. Later they went to the Ministry of Interior to file a complaint.
This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.