Dark new chapter in Boeng Kak Lake story
Original source from Phnom Penh Post
- Khouth Sophak Chakrya and David Boyle
- Thursday, 24 November 2011
Ou Sokcheat consoles the children of Chea Dara yesterday morning after their mother took her own life. Photo by: Khouth Sophak Chakrya
When Doeur Phou’s wife, Chea Dara, called on Tuesday night to tell him she was about to jump off the Chruoy Changva bridge because authorities had condemned their family to homelessness, the 55-year-old at first thought she was kidding.
“But when I heard her telling me to look after the children well, and she told me she was on the bridge handrail, I was shocked and drove my motorbike to see her,” he said yesterday.
To his impassioned pleas, the 33-year-old mother, who was convinced her family's eviction from their home at Boeung Kak lake had just been sealed, told her husband, “Look after the kids” and was gone, he said.
“[I said] don’t think in the short term, a few days later, we will think again’,” he said. “She told me that later authorities would force us to move to another place, because they did not agree to give us land ownership – if we didn't have a house, how could we live?”
Loss to Shukaku
On Friday, Chea Dara learned her household was the latest to be cut from a 12.4-hectare onsite relocation area that Prime Minister Hun Sen set aside in August for more than 750 families yet to be evicted at Boeung Kak from land leased to a private company for a real estate development in 2007.
An estimated 4,000 families will have lost their homes by the time a project, headed by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin’s Shukaku Inc, finishes reclaiming the Boeung Kak lake and seals the boundaries of its new satellite city.
Chea Dara’s elder sister, Chea Thavy, said her younger sibling had protested for years against the development, demanding fair compensation and even spending a night detained at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police commissioner’s office for her trouble.
But while Chea Thavy said eventually she was granted a title for onsite relocation, her sister, who lived in the adjacent house, was not so lucky.
Both their houses are located in a cluster of residences near the French embassy off street 70 in Daun Penh district’s Srah Chak commune.
A Right of Abode
Chhay Rithy Sen, the director of Phnom Penh’s department of urbanization, construction and Cadastral Survey, said residents at Boeung Kak with houses less than 39 metres from the middle of street 70 were not affected by the Shukaku project, and thus had not been offered resettlement.
Chea Dara’s house is just seven metres from street 70.
But both residents and rights groups yesterday said they did not believe authorities had any intention of allowing the residents of street 70 to remain.
Sia Phearum, secretariat director of the Housing Rights Taskforce, said his understanding was that authorities needed to expand the street and had already begun marking houses for demolition. “So far, the authorities sprayed the red paint and remarked that they will not get land titles because they are affected by the road expansion,” he said.
Resident Son Lorn, 49, who also lives adjacent to Chea Dara’s house, said he had been excluded from the resettlement program but received assurances he would not lose his house.
“But they banned us from making repairs and did not give us land titles,” he said.
Forty-seven families from villages 1, 6, 22 and 24 at Boeung Kak have also been cut out of the 12.44-hectare onsite relocation area since the agreement was announced in August.
In late September, police beat Boeung Kak resident and Sam Rainsy Party activist Suong Sophoan unconscious as excavators driven by Shukaku employees tore down several resident’s houses. Mathieu Pellerin, a consultant for the rights group Licadho, said the continual exclusion of families from the relocation area was “a huge injustice”. “It’s a huge concern and it’s twice as egregious when we hear that Lao Meng Khin has been issued land titles in the 12.44 hectares that were supposed to be put aside for the remaining families, while well over 10 per cent of them have been arbitrarily excluded,” he said.
In September, Srah Chak commune officials revealed that more than 21 plots in the relocation area had been granted to Shukaku.
Ek Tha, a spokesman for the council of ministers, said nobody should be drawing conclusions about Chea Dara’s death at this early stage.
“In general, the local police need a full investigation, and nobody can make any early conclusion if she commits suicide in this case or that case — we just do not know,” he said.
Chea Dara’s family tried but were unable to find her body.
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“But when I heard her telling me to look after the children well, and she told me she was on the bridge handrail, I was shocked and drove my motorbike to see her,” he said yesterday.
To his impassioned pleas, the 33-year-old mother, who was convinced her family's eviction from their home at Boeung Kak lake had just been sealed, told her husband, “Look after the kids” and was gone, he said.
“[I said] don’t think in the short term, a few days later, we will think again’,” he said. “She told me that later authorities would force us to move to another place, because they did not agree to give us land ownership – if we didn't have a house, how could we live?”
Loss to Shukaku
On Friday, Chea Dara learned her household was the latest to be cut from a 12.4-hectare onsite relocation area that Prime Minister Hun Sen set aside in August for more than 750 families yet to be evicted at Boeung Kak from land leased to a private company for a real estate development in 2007.
An estimated 4,000 families will have lost their homes by the time a project, headed by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin’s Shukaku Inc, finishes reclaiming the Boeung Kak lake and seals the boundaries of its new satellite city.
Chea Dara’s elder sister, Chea Thavy, said her younger sibling had protested for years against the development, demanding fair compensation and even spending a night detained at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police commissioner’s office for her trouble.
But while Chea Thavy said eventually she was granted a title for onsite relocation, her sister, who lived in the adjacent house, was not so lucky.
Both their houses are located in a cluster of residences near the French embassy off street 70 in Daun Penh district’s Srah Chak commune.
A Right of Abode
Chhay Rithy Sen, the director of Phnom Penh’s department of urbanization, construction and Cadastral Survey, said residents at Boeung Kak with houses less than 39 metres from the middle of street 70 were not affected by the Shukaku project, and thus had not been offered resettlement.
Chea Dara’s house is just seven metres from street 70.
But both residents and rights groups yesterday said they did not believe authorities had any intention of allowing the residents of street 70 to remain.
Sia Phearum, secretariat director of the Housing Rights Taskforce, said his understanding was that authorities needed to expand the street and had already begun marking houses for demolition. “So far, the authorities sprayed the red paint and remarked that they will not get land titles because they are affected by the road expansion,” he said.
Resident Son Lorn, 49, who also lives adjacent to Chea Dara’s house, said he had been excluded from the resettlement program but received assurances he would not lose his house.
“But they banned us from making repairs and did not give us land titles,” he said.
Forty-seven families from villages 1, 6, 22 and 24 at Boeung Kak have also been cut out of the 12.44-hectare onsite relocation area since the agreement was announced in August.
In late September, police beat Boeung Kak resident and Sam Rainsy Party activist Suong Sophoan unconscious as excavators driven by Shukaku employees tore down several resident’s houses. Mathieu Pellerin, a consultant for the rights group Licadho, said the continual exclusion of families from the relocation area was “a huge injustice”. “It’s a huge concern and it’s twice as egregious when we hear that Lao Meng Khin has been issued land titles in the 12.44 hectares that were supposed to be put aside for the remaining families, while well over 10 per cent of them have been arbitrarily excluded,” he said.
In September, Srah Chak commune officials revealed that more than 21 plots in the relocation area had been granted to Shukaku.
Ek Tha, a spokesman for the council of ministers, said nobody should be drawing conclusions about Chea Dara’s death at this early stage.
“In general, the local police need a full investigation, and nobody can make any early conclusion if she commits suicide in this case or that case — we just do not know,” he said.
Chea Dara’s family tried but were unable to find her body.
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ស្ត្រីអ្នកភូមិបឹងកក់ម្នាក់លោតទឹកសម្លាប់ខ្លួន
ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី
2011-11-23
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅបឹងកក់មួយរូប បានធ្វើអត្តឃាតដោយលោតទឹកសម្លាប់ខ្លួន។ ប្រភពគ្រួសារជនរងគ្រោះ និងអ្នករស់នៅជិតខាងបានឲ្យដឹងថា ការធ្វើអត្តឃាតនោះដោយសារអស់សង្ឃឹមក្នុងការតវ៉ារក្សាកម្មសិទ្ធិផ្ទះដែលខ្លួនរស់នៅជាយូរឆ្នាំមកហើយ។
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សមត្ថកិច្ចនគរបាលសង្កាត់ស្រះចក សុំមិនប្រាប់ឈ្មោះឲ្យដឹងថា លោកមិនទាន់ដឹងពីបញ្ហាដែលនាំឲ្យលោកស្រី ជា តារា លោតទឹកសម្លាប់ខ្លួននោះច្បាស់ទេ។ ប៉ូលិសកំពុងតែសាកសួរ។
អ្នកភូមិបឹងកក់ និងស្វាមី រួមទាំងកូនតូចៗ បានស្វែងរកសពលោកស្រី ជា តារា ដែលបានលោតទឹកសម្លាប់ខ្លួននៅស្ពានជ្រោយចង្វារ តាំងពីយប់ថ្ងៃអង្គារ ទី២២ រហូតដល់ម៉ោងជាង ១០ព្រឹក ថ្ងៃពុធ តែមិនឃើញសពអណ្ដែតឡើង ពួកគេអស់សង្ឃឹមដោយរង់ចាំអស់ច្រើនម៉ោង ក៏វិលទៅប្រារព្ធពិធីបុណ្យសពតាមប្រពៃណីនៅក្នុងផ្ទះលោកស្រី ជា តារា នៅភូមិ២១ តំបន់បឹងកក់។
កូនប្រុសស្រីរបស់លោកស្រី ជា តារា បានយំសោករកម្ដាយឲ្យមកដាំបាយ និងសុំឲ្យម្ដាយរបស់គេវិលមករស់នៅជាមួយពួកគេវិញ៖ «នឹកម៉ាក់។ ម៉ាក់លោតទឹកពីស្ពានជ្រោយចង្វារ។ ខ្ញុំចង់ឲ្យម៉ាក់វិលមកវិញ»។
លោកស្រី ទេព វន្នី ឲ្យដឹងថា ការលោតសម្លាប់ខ្លួនរបស់លោកស្រី ជា តារា នេះ គឺជាមនុស្សទី២ បន្ទាប់ពីបុរសម្នាក់នៅតំបន់បឹងកក់ បានលោតទឹកពីស្ពានជ្រោយចង្វារដែរ កាលពីខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១១។ លោកស្រីថា ពួកគេទ័លច្រក អស់សង្ឃឹម និងត្រូវបាត់បង់ផ្ទះដែលធ្លាប់រស់នៅ ព្រោះតែក្រុមហ៊ុន និងអាជ្ញាធររាជធានី បង្ខំពួកគេ និងអ្នកភូមិនៅសេសសល់ ៧ភូមិ ឲ្យចាកចេញពីកន្លែងធ្លាប់រស់នៅ ទោះបីលោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានកាត់ដីក្នុងតំបន់អភិវឌ្ឍន៍បឹងកក់ ទំហំ ១២ហិកតារ មកឲ្យពួកគាត់អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ក្ដី ក៏អាជ្ញាធរនៅតែបង្កភាពតានតឹងដល់ពលរដ្ឋដដែល។
លោកស្រីបន្ថែមថា៖ «ព្រោះគាត់សកម្មណាស់ក្នុងការតស៊ូដើម្បីផ្ទះរបស់គាត់ ដូចជាពួកខ្ញុំអ៊ីចឹង។ គេធ្លាប់ចាប់គាត់យកទៅឃុំខ្លួន ដូចជាពួកខ្ញុំដែរ។ ខ្ញុំមានការឈឺចាប់ ខ្ញុំអាណិតគាត់ ហើយខ្ញុំមិននឹកស្មានថា គាត់សុខចិត្តទៅចោលកូនគាត់ដោយសារគាត់គិតខ្លីទេ»។
តំណាងរាស្ត្រគណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី អ្នកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ ក្នុងការរួមសុខទុក្ខជាមួយក្រុមគ្រួសារសព បានសុំឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលស៊ើបអង្កេតអំពីបញ្ហាមនុស្សស្លាប់បន្តបន្ទាប់ និងអាចបន្តមានអ្នកចង់ធ្វើអត្តឃាតទៀត ព្រោះតែការចាត់ចែង និងបែងចែកដីធ្លីក្នុងតំបន់បឹងកក់ នៅក្នុងភាពអាថ៌កំបាំង និងស្មុគស្មាញ។
អ្នកភូមិបឹងកក់ម្នាក់ គឺលោកស្រី កែវ ចាន់រស្មី បានសន្លប់ព្រោះតែយំស្ដាយលោកស្រី ជា តារា ដែលពួកគេទាំងអស់គ្នាបានតស៊ូទាមទារតវ៉ាដីធ្លី ផ្ទះសម្បែងរួមគ្នាច្រើនលើកច្រើនសា មិនមានគ្រោះថ្នាក់ តែចុងក្រោយបែរជាលោកស្រី ជា តារា ទៅលោតទឹកសម្លាប់ខ្លួន ដោយភាពអស់សង្ឃឹមគ្មានកម្មសិទ្ធិផ្ទះ ក្រោយពេលដែលលោក ហ៊ុន សែន ព្រមកាត់ដីចេញពីតំបន់អភិវឌ្ឍន៍បឹងកក់ មកឲ្យពលរដ្ឋសង់ផ្ទះនៅឯកជន៕
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