May 27, 2022
A voter in 2017. (Photo: Heng Vichet)

Week in Review: May 21-27

Even as many of the country’s political issues recur in cycles, a handful of new voices — pressing previously neglected issues around gender, environment and minorities — is also emerging.

The animal killed and eaten by villagers in Kampong Chhnang after it bit four people. Locals referred to the creature as a "wolf", and a wildlife expert has said it may either be a common jackal or a dhole, which is much more rare. Photo taken Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Supplied.

‘Wolf’ Attacks Villagers, Gets Eaten

Four Kampong Chhnang residents were bitten by a wild animal they are calling a “wolf,” and which they say they have now cooked and eaten.

The road through the Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Dam that residents must take to enter or leave Srekor commune, on May 20, 2022. (Photo: Danielle Keeton-Olsen/VOD)

In Dam-Divided Srekor, Opposition Candidate Eyes Return With Lofty Plans

After a hydropower dam forced resettlement, most Sesan residents made new lives in a grid of identical stilted houses in New Srekor, while some resisters founded Old Srekor. An ex-opposition commune chief is now looking to make a comeback in a split community.