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Before war it was heaven, when war arrived it became the worst hell, now back to heaven? Welcome to bOOOoming Cambodia, kingdom of “greed!!” Big corporations, small companies, private enterprise and real estate are moving in. Business around the globe are joining in and pop up like mushrooms. And you’re next? Got money? Want a piece of land for your business? Come to Cambodia, the government will sell it all to you. It’s easy just decide the location and give the right price, you will have it. Be patient, a simple process needs to be done before they sell the land to you. First they will have to steal it from the local residents, then they bulldoze any evidence of heritage, after houses and the land cleared out, then you pay for the lump sum. There you go, now it free and clear. Heaven for the government and hell for Cambodian people. “Land grabbing’s revolution,” the next genocide, war is not over yet. Cambodian are now victims of land grabbers.
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Land eviction is an epidemicity. See what happens when greedy lie, victims die. Watch the video!
(Below is an article posted on International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/07/opinion/edlet.php )
Title: “Land evictions in Cambodia”
Land evictions in Cambodia
November marks another month of forced land evictions in Cambodia. On Nov. 2, an entire village of 130 families was demolished near Phnom Penh, and on Nov. 15, another 300 families were evicted in Northern Cambodia.
I recently spent several months in Cambodia working for a nongovernmental organization in a community development project, where I saw first-hand evidence of the problem. I will never forget the Cambodian woman who stood before me, clutching her baby and holding on to another child. Tears poured down her face as she described her eviction by the police and relocation some 20 kilometers outside Phnom Penh. Her new “home,” is an unsettled site that offers nothing more than a makeshift shelter, lacks running water, latrines, electricity and access to a clinic or school.
Forced evictions have become a common occurrence as valuable land is sold for development. Land rights are a tricky thing in Cambodia. The 1993 and 2001 laws outlining legal land ownership are often overlooked or ignored.
While evictions are occurring in many areas, the number of families affected is small, and thus the problem is not drawing much attention.
As the legal fight goes on, the problem of displaced Cambodians must be addressed. It is essential to aid these people as we would aid people in any other humanitarian crises. Forced land evictions are human right concerns that sadly are an increasing reality in Cambodia as well as many other parts of the world.
Kelly Schunk, New York