Police violence: The cops are swarming in to kick and beat a youth who opposed the destruction of Boeung Kak Lake residents on 16 Sept 2011 (Photo: Uon Chhin,RFA)
Suong Sophorn, the youth who opposed the destruction, was injured from the cop's beating (Photo: Uon Chhin, RFA)
16 Sept 2011
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Police and military police forces armed with guns, electric batons and water trucks came to protect the machinery equipments used by the Shukaku Inc to destroy 8 houses in Boeung Kak Lake. The incident led to a violence where one person was seriously injured.
Human rights groups and Boeung Kak Lak residents claimed that the Shukaku equipments came to demolish the residents’ houses without informing them in advance so that some residents have no time to move their belongings out of their houses.
The bulldozing of the houses caused damages to belongings of the residents.
RFA’s Uon Chhin who was present during the destruction has recorded the following reactions from the residents, from human rights group and civil society organizations who were also present there.
Click on the control below to listen to the audio report in Khmer:
Media Alert: Boeung Kak lake residents homes demolished
Tensions ran high at Boeung Kak lake today, 16 September 2011, when excavators arrived to demolish residents homes. A demonstration by residents was broken up by riot police and construction vehicles, which went on to demolish the homes. While the homes were being destroyed tensions ran high between police and community members, in which at least one man was injured. Please find attached five photographs taken by the Cambodian Center of Human Rights("CCHR") of the events. All of the pictures taken by CCHR can be found at our facebook page, which can be accessed by clicking here.
Captions for the attached photos are:
1. Excavators begin demolishing the villagers' homes
2. An excavator demolishes a house
3. A monk admonishes riot police
4. Houses are demolished as police look on
5. An excavator truck flattens a house. Background: the Council of Ministers building
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| Police violence: The cops are swarming in to kick and beat a youth who opposed the destruction of Boeung Kak Lake residents on 16 Sept 2011 (Photo: Uon Chhin,RFA) |
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| Suong Sophorn, the youth who opposed the destruction, was injured from the cop's beating (Photo: Uon Chhin, RFA) |
16 Sept 2011
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Police and military police forces armed with guns, electric batons and water trucks came to protect the machinery equipments used by the Shukaku Inc to destroy 8 houses in Boeung Kak Lake. The incident led to a violence where one person was seriously injured.
Human rights groups and Boeung Kak Lak residents claimed that the Shukaku equipments came to demolish the residents’ houses without informing them in advance so that some residents have no time to move their belongings out of their houses.
The bulldozing of the houses caused damages to belongings of the residents.
RFA’s Uon Chhin who was present during the destruction has recorded the following reactions from the residents, from human rights group and civil society organizations who were also present there.
Click on the control below to listen to the audio report in Khmer:
Tensions ran high at Boeung Kak lake today, 16 September 2011, when excavators arrived to demolish residents homes. A demonstration by residents was broken up by riot police and construction vehicles, which went on to demolish the homes. While the homes were being destroyed tensions ran high between police and community members, in which at least one man was injured. Please find attached five photographs taken by the Cambodian Center of Human Rights("CCHR") of the events. All of the pictures taken by CCHR can be found at our facebook page, which can be accessed by clicking here.
Captions for the attached photos are:
1. Excavators begin demolishing the villagers' homes
2. An excavator demolishes a house
3. A monk admonishes riot police
4. Houses are demolished as police look on
5. An excavator truck flattens a house. Background: the Council of Ministers building
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