US fears resort may become China naval base


Super expansion: An artist’s impression of the resort, covering 20% of Cambodia’s coastline, is unlike any other in the developing South-East Asian nation. — ANN

Phnom Penh: Along pristine Cam­­bo­dian beaches, past parades of elephants in its largest national park, sits an area half the size of Singapore that is raising alarm bells among military strategists in the US and beyond.

Dara Sakor, a US$3.8bil (RM16bil) China-backed investment zone encompassing 20% of Cambodia’s coastline, is unlike any other in the developing South-East Asian nation.

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