Hun Sen Promises Modern Satellite City at Angkor Evictions Relocation Site

Prime Minister Hun Sen handed out gifts and promised metal sheeting as building materials to families who have agreed to vacate their homes that fall within Siem Reap’s Angkor park, saying the relocation site in Run Ta Ek commune will be turned into a modern satellite city.

Apsara Authority, which oversees the archaeological park, Siem Reap officials and relevant ministries have been demolishing small illegal constructions within the park and pulling down peoples’ homes they say are illegal. Hundreds of residents have agreed to move to a relocation site 20 kilometers away.

Hun Sen met with families who are willing to move to land owned by the Apsara Authority that currently also houses the Run Ta Ek Eco Village. Residents are expected to be given plots near the eco village.

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