Sesan locals set up ‘illegal’ village in the dam area

Families living in a commune flooded by the Lower Sesan II dam have set up a new village on their community forest without the permission of local authorities.

Residents of Sre Ko commune were offered new homes in a different area and compensation to leave their village by the company behind the dam, but 76 families refused to abandon their ancestral land. The 76 families last month agreed to leave if they could establish a new village on their community forest.

But Stung Treng provincial authorities have allegedly failed to respond to their request. Local resident Fort Kheun said the authority had told villagers they must accept compensation and leave by the end of October.

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