Losing their homes to development


High growth: With growing investment in cities such as Phnom Penh, more migrants are moving in from rural areas in search of jobs. — AFP

PHNOM PENH: Lay Sremeth and her family have lived on a narrow stretch of land by Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tompoun lake for three decades, fishing in its water and growing rice on its bank.

But shortly after authorities approved filling in parts of the lake with sand and mud 10 years ago to build malls and apartments, they could not fish or farm anymore.

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