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You Can T ake M y L ake, But N ot M y S pirit Mr. Ee Sarom , August 2012

You Can T ake M y L ake, But N ot M y S pirit Mr. Ee Sarom , August 2012. The Lake . The People. Some 4,200 Boeung Kak families live in nine villages around the lake before 2007. The Company. Name: Shukaku Inc. Contract: 99-year lease for 133 hectares around Boeung Kak

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You Can T ake M y L ake, But N ot M y S pirit Mr. Ee Sarom , August 2012

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  1. You Can Take My Lake, But Not My SpiritMr. EeSarom, August 2012

  2. The Lake

  3. The People Some 4,200 BoeungKak families live in nine villages around the lake before 2007

  4. The Company • Name: Shukaku Inc. • Contract: 99-year lease for 133 hectares around BoeungKak • Price: US$79 million • Owner: ruling CPP party Senator Lao MengKhin • Chinese link: State-owned Erdos Hung Jun Investment Co., also invested

  5. The Royal Cambodian Government • The Government rubber stamps the lease by changing the status of the land to legalise the contract with Shukaku • Adequate reasons for change of status are not provided • In fact, the change renders the Shukaku lease null and void.

  6. The Options • Cash compensation of US $8,500 (market value is more than 99%) • Plot 25 km outside Phnom Penh (no infrastructure, no schools, no hospitals, no employment) • “On- site re-development”, but only after five years of temporary residence in a relocation site.

  7. The Struggle • Legal appeals are denied • Peaceful demonstration are met with violence and legal threats • The homes of those who refuse to leave are flooded and destroyed

  8. The Bank • In September 2009, community representatives submitted a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel • The World Bank Inspection Panel found in favour of the residents • Following government inaction to address the issue, the World Bank froze new lending to Cambodia in early 2011

  9. The Plan • No plans for onsite development were presented to the community • With STT’s help, in late 2010 the community developed its own plan, calling for 15 ha of the area to be given to the community

  10. The Result • On Aug. 11 2011, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed Sub-Decree No. 183, awarding 12.44ha of the BoeungKak lake area to the remaining community, some 650 families • But over 90 households are excluded

  11. The Jailing • The excluded households demand to be included • The community – including families who already have land titles – support them • 15 activists are arrested • 13 jailed and convicted to 2.5 years in prison • A massive local and international campaign launches starting May 22

  12. The Release

  13. The End? • Throughout the campaign, STT works with the community to map out the 12.44 ha concession and vacant plots inside it • The land survey shows there is a vast number of vacated plots inside the concession • This means the excluded households could easily move inside the concession

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