By Khmerization
Source: CEN
70 Vietnamese families living along Mekong River in Koh Norea village, Nirodh commune in Meanchey district in Phnom Penh have sought intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen after they received a letter from the district authority on 11th June which demanded they move out of their slum settlement in 15 days, reports Cambodian Express News.
In a Khmer-language petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany dated 17th June, the 70 Vietnamese families said that they have more than 100 fish farms in the settlement. They added that the fish are still young and many families have borrowed heavily to buy the baby fish. They asked the PM to let them stay in their settlement until their fish have grown up for harvest, repay their debts and they will move out voluntarily.
On 11th June, Meanchey district governor has sent a second eviction notice to the Vietnamese families, after the first eviction notice on 30th May was unsuccessful, after they had asked for a delay. However, their request was turned down by Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema on 2nd June.
There are reports that these 70 Vietnamese families had been served an eviction noticed once in 2006 but have so far refused to move out.
City officials said that the eviction was necessary to protect the environment and the river as the settlement and the fish farms have caused the collapse of riverbanks and pollution to the river. However, some sources said that developers who owned lands in the areas want the Vietnamese slum-dwellers, who claimed to have settled in the areas since 1980, to move out from the areas so they could develop the lands to build villas and apartment units in the areas.
Source: CEN
70 Vietnamese families living along Mekong River in Koh Norea village, Nirodh commune in Meanchey district in Phnom Penh have sought intervention from Prime Minister Hun Sen after they received a letter from the district authority on 11th June which demanded they move out of their slum settlement in 15 days, reports Cambodian Express News.
In a Khmer-language petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany dated 17th June, the 70 Vietnamese families said that they have more than 100 fish farms in the settlement. They added that the fish are still young and many families have borrowed heavily to buy the baby fish. They asked the PM to let them stay in their settlement until their fish have grown up for harvest, repay their debts and they will move out voluntarily.
On 11th June, Meanchey district governor has sent a second eviction notice to the Vietnamese families, after the first eviction notice on 30th May was unsuccessful, after they had asked for a delay. However, their request was turned down by Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema on 2nd June.
There are reports that these 70 Vietnamese families had been served an eviction noticed once in 2006 but have so far refused to move out.
City officials said that the eviction was necessary to protect the environment and the river as the settlement and the fish farms have caused the collapse of riverbanks and pollution to the river. However, some sources said that developers who owned lands in the areas want the Vietnamese slum-dwellers, who claimed to have settled in the areas since 1980, to move out from the areas so they could develop the lands to build villas and apartment units in the areas.
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