Hun Sen Threatens Eviction Without Compensation for Angkor Residents Who Negotiate

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Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that families who refuse to accept government compensation to leave the Angkor area and try to bargain for higher compensation will face eviction.

 

During a speech on Monday at a graduation ceremony for nearly 4,000 students from Vanda University in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen warned that anyone in Siem Reap’s Angkor Archaeological Park who wishes to bargain for a higher price or larger plot of land will be removed without any compensation whenever the government issues a deadline.

 

“I would like to clarify that at this time the government is taking very good care and begging people to leave … but when the time comes, not even a single cent will be given and [residents will be] sent out from that area. Be informed.” Hun Sen’s speech came after he met nearly 3,000 families who had volunteered to move out from the Angkor park to the resettlement site at Banteay Srei district’s Run Ta Ek commune.

 

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