Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH—The World Bank called on Cambodia Wednesday to halt a mass eviction taking place in the capital amid mounting criticism over forced displacements in the country.
“We are deeply troubled and frustrated about the people who are being forced from their homes,” World Bank president Robert Zoellick said in a statement.
A private company headed by a ruling party politician is filling in a lake in central Phnom Penh for commercial development, a controversial project that will eventually displace some 4,000 lakeside families.
Half the residents living on the shores of the Boeung Kak lake have already left, but they received only limited compensation from the company, according to a local housing rights group.
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