Dem Mech, who lives next to the proposed Funan Techo canal, speaking during an interview with AFP at his home at Prek Takeo village in Kandal province.- AFP
PREK TAKEO: Food stand owner Dem Mech wells up as he sits in the yard of the home he will lose if Cambodia proceeds with a massive new canal running from the Mekong river to the sea.
"I won't challenge the government, but what I want is decent compensation," the wiry 57-year-old told AFP, seated in the shade of the house he shares with eight relatives.
