Published On:Thursday 18 September 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
Cambodian Police Detain Activists Against China Dam Project
Authorities in Cambodia detained 11 environmental activists on Monday for allegedly blocking officials from visiting a proposed China-backed dam site in a southwest province.
Koh Kong provincial authorities rounded up the local activists, including Alejandro Gonzalez Davidson, the president of Mother Nature Cambodia, saying they blocked a road preventing provincial governor Phon Lyvirak and Chinese experts from visiting the Chhay Areng dam project site.
Sam Kitviet, Koh Kong’s provincial police chief, told RFA’s Khmer Service that the 11 had been “invited” for questioning, rejecting claims they had been arrested.
“We invited them to be questioned because they used a car to set up a roadblock [to prevent] the provincial officials from visiting the villagers,” he said.
Although Gonzalez Davidson, a Spanish citizen, was released, the others remain in custody.
Gonzalez Davidson told RFA that villagers set up the road block after receiving information that Chinese experts and officials were traveling to the province to conduct studies on the impact of the dam to be built by China’s Sinohydro Corp., the world’s largest hydropower construction company.
He said villages do not believe that such experts conduct fair impact studies. Read Full History....!
Koh Kong provincial authorities rounded up the local activists, including Alejandro Gonzalez Davidson, the president of Mother Nature Cambodia, saying they blocked a road preventing provincial governor Phon Lyvirak and Chinese experts from visiting the Chhay Areng dam project site.
Sam Kitviet, Koh Kong’s provincial police chief, told RFA’s Khmer Service that the 11 had been “invited” for questioning, rejecting claims they had been arrested.
“We invited them to be questioned because they used a car to set up a roadblock [to prevent] the provincial officials from visiting the villagers,” he said.
Although Gonzalez Davidson, a Spanish citizen, was released, the others remain in custody.
Gonzalez Davidson told RFA that villagers set up the road block after receiving information that Chinese experts and officials were traveling to the province to conduct studies on the impact of the dam to be built by China’s Sinohydro Corp., the world’s largest hydropower construction company.
He said villages do not believe that such experts conduct fair impact studies. Read Full History....!
