There were 410 vulnerable communities of urban poor in Phnom Penh, with 74 of them threatened with eviction. -- PHOTO: AFPAFP
PHNOM PENH - HUNDREDS of poor communities in the Cambodian capital face potential forced evictions after parliament this week passed a controversial law, rights groups warned on Thursday.
Lawmakers on Tuesday voted through a law on expropriations which will give the authorities legal grounds to seize private property for public development projects in Cambodia.
The law still needs to be approved by the senate and promulgated by King Norodom Sihamoni, but it has raised concerns from rights groups about a surge in forced evictions.
'The existence of a law on expropriation which was just recently passed... will create more negative effects on the poor people in the city,' the rights groups said in a joint statement.
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