Thomas Cristofoletti for The New York Times
Activists have called for the exclusion of Cambodian sugar from duty-free treatment in Europe, saying that it triggers corporate land grabs. Above, a worker harvesting sugar at a Phnom Penh Sugar plantation.
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: September 30, 2013
OMLIANG COMMUNE, Cambodia — Yim Lon nurses bitter memories of how three years ago the local authorities forced her and her family to dismantle their small home and move it to make way for a sugar plantation.
The Phnom Penh Sugar Company paid her a few hundred dollars, less than a tenth of what Ms. Yim, 53, says she believes the family’s small plot of farmland was worth. She dreams of being allowed to move their two-room house, made of wood planks and steel siding, back to the site near a stream where they used to grow rice. She is convinced that the other culprits are the Europeans, who buy sugar from Phnom Penh Sugar. “If Europe continues buying sugar from the company, then we will continue suffering,” she said. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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My analysis scenario: Sam rainsy the blackmailer vs Hun Sen the former soldier Khmer rouge *The current stand-off between MM Sam Rainsy and Hun Sen would be: a "HUGE FINANCIAL MATTER". * I bet that everything will sort out in the near future, and Mr Sam Rainsy will take up position as the President of the National Assembly of Cambodia to legalise Hun Sen government. * Sooner or later, Mr Sam Rainsy will be stripped of his parliamentary immunity and will flee in self-imposed exile as he get used to it. * Finally, he would have a luxurious retirement surrounded by young and beautiful girls. It would be a happy ending for him. Preah Bat Theurmeuk predictions.
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