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Boeng Tamok representative Prak Sophea talks to the media outside the National Assembly on July 1, 2022.

Boeng Tamok Residents Questioned in Court

Two residents of Boeng Tamok protesting the filling-in of the lake were questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday, with five others expected in court over the next week.

Trucks lined up, waiting to drop off sand near Boeng Choeng Ek in 2020 (STT)

80 Families at Lake Development Protest Delayed Land Titles

Representatives of about 80 families living around southern Phnom Penh’s major lake development say they fear eviction as sandfilling is nearing their houses and they have yet to receive the land titles promised to them by authorities.

A demolished home in Kulen district, Preah Vihear, from March 1, 2022.

131 Preah Vihear Families Fear Eviction After Crops Razed

Some 131 families living on an economic land concession in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district fear forced eviction after authorities cleared half of their homes earlier this year, leaving them in tents on land they say they have occupied for 10 years.

A Boeng Tamok protester at Phnom Penh’s Wat Botum on June 30, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Boeng Tamok Lake Plot Handed to General as Protests Continue

Six hectares of Phnom Penh’s ​​Boeng Tamok has been handed to a four-star general in charge of the Interior Ministry’s finance department, as residents living along the lake’s shore continued to protest their looming resettlement.