1,200 Families Forcibly Evicted in Phnom Penh

What is affected

	Housing Social/public
	Housing private
	Land Private
	Communal
	InfrastructureWater
	InfrastructureWater
	Energy
	Electricity, Sewage

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Demolition/destruction
Dispossession/confiscation
Privatization of public goods and services

Date

01 June 2006

Region

A [ Asia ]

Country

Cambodia

Location

Village 14, Phnom Penh

Affected persons

	Total 6000
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Urban poor, slum dwellers

Proposed solution

Stop eviction. Authorities provide reparation for those dispossessed, injured and killed.

Details

Evict Strategies Julty06.html

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Demolition/destruction

Land losses

- Land area (square meters)

- Total value

Housing losses

- Number of homes

- Total value €

Infrastructure

Water

Privatization of public goods and services

Land Losses

Housing Losses

Water

Sanitation

Energy

Other

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Local
	Private party
	Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority

Brief narrative

Source: Human Rights Watch\r\nhttp://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/02/cambod13889.htm\r\n\r\nIn June, 700 armed police and military police evicted more than 1,000 families living in a shantytown at Sambok Chap (Village 14) near the Bassac River. Eight villagers were arrested in the pre-dawn operation, and three of them remain in detention. Journalists and human rights workers were prevented from observing the arrests and eviction. One of those detained was a villager who permitted a worker from a nongovernmental organization to watch what was happening from his house. \r\n \r\nResidents were dumped at a relocation site 20 kilometers from Phnom Penh, where the 1,000 families were resettled on one hectare of land that was uninhabitable. It lacked running water, sanitation facilities, houses and electricity. Using plastic sheets, bamboo and cardboard, the relocated families erected simple dwellings to shield them from the monsoon rains. A private company, Suor Srun Enterprises, initiated the eviction proceedings in May, but neither the municipality nor the company have produced any documentation of the company’s title to the land. The governor of Phnom Penh has said that Sambok Chap “pollutes our city’s beauty.”

Costs

€ 0

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