geovalin Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Under a white tent decorated with chandeliers and gold-footed chairs, the wife of a Defense Ministry official spoke of peace, stability and development at a property launch in March. She then quickly pivoted to selling her audience on 5-by-22-meter plots at the fast disappearing Boeng Tamok lake in northern Phnom Penh. Almost two years before, part of the 8.2-hectare plot being marketed by the woman, local entrepreneur Ean Helen, was first granted to 23 families in August 2020, in what was supposed to be a concession to “original owners” of homes on the lake. Now that more than 1,800 hectares of the lake’s 3,200-hectare area has been parceled off using sub-decrees to government agencies and well connected individuals, real estate companies are descending on the newly-created land as residents in the area anxiously wait to see whether authorities evict them from the lake. read more https://vodenglish.news/boeng-tamok-evaporates-under-government-developers-gaze/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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