Amnesty accuses Cambodia over 'forced evictions' at Angkor Wat

An aerial view of the Run Ta Ek relocation site near Siem Reap. Rights group Amnesty International accused Cambodia of breaking international law through the eviction of 10,000 families from around the Angkor Wat temple complex. - AFP

PHNOM PENH (AFP): Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Cambodia of breaking international law through the eviction of 10,000 families from around the Angkor Wat temple complex.

Phnom Penh has over the past year increased the relocation of families living within the sprawling Unesco world heritage site to a new community being built on former rice paddies 25km away since last year.