New Solution for 91 Families in Dey Krohorm
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Editor: Tiep Seiha
By Kaing sokun
Municipality and 7NG Company, on January 12, 2009, reach one solution for people to leave Dey Krohorm in cost $20,000 per family in order to develop that area. Contrary, if those people still reject to this amount of money, the cost can be dropped to $15,000.
Among 1,465 families in Dey Krohorm, there are 91 families have not yet accepted the suggestion of 7NG. To one family which agrees to take the flat, the company provides a flat size 4 x12 meter with sponsored money of 777,700 riel, 30 kilogram of rice, a case of Noodle, a dozen of fish sauce and soy sauce, and a 60 liter basin. Anyway, those people who accept money instead of flat, the company provide $15,000 and the above sponsored materials.
Prior, some people of Dey Krohorm require 7NG in price of $30,000 to $60,000 for leaving there, but the reply of company is not able to follow that high price.
Being sad and under the burden of feeding four grandchildren, aunt Seom Sarin, people in
Dey Krohorm, said that all people in here are poor; most of them sell a few things for living.
“If we are evicted, what can we eat and work because the area we need to move to is 50 kilometer far from Phnom Penh”.
In the roundtable discussion of “Development Red Land and Solution” organized by Cambodia Club of Journalists at Hotel on January 13, 2009, doctorate Chheom Phalvorun, director of Philosophy Institute strongly said, according to the law of land, people who live in Dey Krohorm about 3.6 hectare have no right to manage that land.
“Law of land is spent 9 months to correct on Dey Krohorm and this law kindly helps those people for solution in there”, Mr.Chheom Phalvorun said. “Sometimes those people utterly demanded over what they should get”.
The meeting in this morning, excellency Man Chheoun, deputy of Municipality reminded about March 2006 the people of Dey Krohorm Community discussed several time with 7NG and reach to agreement to build one floor flat for a family which 4 x 12 meter in the total of 1,465 flats .
To clarify, the result of moving house from Dey Krohorm community in Chamka Mon district to new location Bory Sontepeab II in Dong Kor district presently have 1,374 families, 93% over 1,465 families, agreed and already have stayed which remain 91 families still disagree.
