Boeung Kak resident at March 19th press conference (Image: KA Set / John Vink)
During a press conference, residents of the 4, 252 strong Boeung Kak community denounced recent statements broadcast on Cambodian television during a news conference at the Cambodian Legal Education Centre.
From the Ka Set article: (Click here to view)
“…in front of journalists and non-governmental organisations, Duong Bophary, one of the representatives of the Boeung Kak community, formally denied figures given by a Bayon TV journalist, the director general of which is none other than Hun Mana, the daughter and assistant to the office of prime Minister Hun Sen. According to the families representative, to this day, only 20% of them accepted to leave their home, and this mainly concerns families living in small floating houses in Groups 2 and 4 in Boeung Kak, located just next to the pipes from which sand is already pouring down and progressively filling the lake. “
