Behind the Scaffolding Cambodia’s construction workers suffer as city skylines soar

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The day may be done for 34-year-old construction worker Ma Srieng, but he will not be joining the revellers on Bassac Lane tonight—or any other night for that matter. Instead, as the streets below begin to swarm with life, Srieng, his 29-year-old pregnant wife Som Theary and their 2-year-old son are settling in for dinner on the building site where they work.

 

“Living onsite, there’s no peace,” says Srieng, one of the estimated 250,000 construction workers who have helped transform Phnom Penh’s skyline in recent years. “It’s always noisy, there are always other workers coming and going, it’s not safe and there are disturbances, even when we’re tired and just want to relax.”

 

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