Happy New Year, You’re Evicted (Part 2): Group 78

Dec 29th, 2008 by

The ‘Group 78′ villagers right across from Dey Krahom (cheek to jowl with the site of the new Australian Embassy) have been told that if they don’t get out by January 1st, they won’t be given anything in compensation. They are on much shakier legal ground than their neighbors, having been served eviction notices already.

I’ll see if I can whack up a picture tomorrow.

Tags: cambodia,evictions,khmer,society

Comments:

John,
Glad to see someone out there is blogging from Cambodia. I’m a Cambodian photographer for network television and just happened to stumple upon your site. Pretty intersting stuff. I’ll be checking in often to get the latest news from Cambodia thru you.

Thanks for sharing,
Ron

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2 Responses to “Happy New Year, You’re Evicted (Part 2): Group 78”

  1. Ron says:
    December 30, 2008 at 2:45 am

    John,
    Glad to see someone out there is blogging from Cambodia. I’m a Cambodian photographer for network television and just happened to stumple upon your site. Pretty intersting stuff. I’ll be checking in often to get the latest news from Cambodia thru you.

    Thanks for sharing,
    Ron

  2. Webbed Feet, Web Log » Blog Archive » Happy New Year (Part 3), You’re Outta Jail! says:
    December 31, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    [...] if we can just have a little peace at Dey Krahom and neighboring Group 78, it’s a great new year for all. Human rights monitors are settling in for the long haul – [...]

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