Can't Make It Home - The Borei Keila Land Grab (13 images)

On 3 January 2012, with the approval of the Cambodian Government, a team of over 100 police and security guards from the development company Phanimex demolished more than 200 homes in Phnom Penh's Borei Keila community.

Despite failing to fulfil a 2003 agreement to provide sufficient alternative housing for the residents, they then forcibly moved residents to Phnom Bat, Oudong, some 45 kilometres away from the city - a relocation site without clean water, electricity or...
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On 3 January 2012, with the approval of the Cambodian Government, a team of over 100 police and security guards from the development company Phanimex demolished more than 200 homes in Phnom Penh's Borei Keila community.

Despite failing to fulfil a 2003 agreement to provide sufficient alternative housing for the residents, they then forcibly moved residents to Phnom Bat, Oudong, some 45 kilometres away from the city - a relocation site without clean water, electricity or sanitation. Back in Phnom Penh, policemen quelled protesting residents with tear gas and rocks, ultimately locking up 38 people in unlawful detention, where they currently remain.

These are some of the people whose lives have been trashed by corporate greed and government venality.
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