Expulsions : affrontements à Phnom Penh – 3 janvier 2012

Heavy Clashes as Police Clear Phnom Penh Neighborhood

voanews.com

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

Security forces and protesters clashed in violent protests in Phnom Penh Tuesday, as police began to push residents from a neighborhood slated for development in the capital.

Protesters armed with rocks and bottles attacked police in riot gear who eventually deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

At least 20 people, including some police and military police were injured, and at least 12 people were arrested, according to rights groups and eye-witnesses. Two were later released.

Some 300 families are set to lose their homes in the development deal, on land in the Borei Keila commune of Prampi Makara district, which was supposed to be set aside for some of the city’s poorest residents. Around 200 police and military police were dispatched to the area.

Sok Heng, a 13-year-old student of Wat Preah Puth school, said he was hit by policemen seized, even though he was a bystander. read more…