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| Kong Chantha, 45, a community representative from the Boeung Kak lake area, is taken into custody yesterday after police broke up a protest outside City Hall. Kong Chantha, of Village 24 in Phnom Penh’s Srah Chak commune, was arrested along with two other Boeung Kak residents when about 200 protesters blocked Monivong Boulevard to call attention to evictions. (Photo by: Sreng Meng Srun) |
Monday, 28 February 2011
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post
A violent crackdown by the Daun Penh district police on a protest by about 200 people today in Phnom Penh concerning the controversial Boeung Kak lake development project led to the arrest of three activists, while 10 others suffered injuries from beatings.
The protesters descended upon Phnom Penh Municipal Hall to ask Governor Kep Chuktema to reconsider their alternative plan for the lake, which would set aside 15 hectares for families who would otherwise be displaced.
Kep Chuktema recently dismissed the proposal and did not show up to discuss the issue.
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