Phnom Penh's Floating Fishing Community Faces Eviction

June 13, 2021 0:07 AM

By Vicheika Kann

A view of the floating houses being demolished in Prek Pra commune, Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh, June 12, 2021. (Vicheika Kann/VOA)

A child moves remnants from a newly demolished floating house in Prek Pra commune, Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh, June 12, 2021. (Vicheika Kann/VOA)

A man moves pieces of board after authorities told him to dismantle a floating house in Prek Pra commune, Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh, June 12, 2021. (Vicheika Kann/VOA)

A man dismantles the wall of a floating house in Prek Pra commune, Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh, June 12, 2021. (Vicheika Kann/VOA)

A group of Vietnamese migrants are dismantling a floating house in Prek Pra commune, Chbar Ampov district, Phnom Penh, June 12, 2021. (Vicheika Kann/VOA)

Sai Sokha, a resident of a floating house in Sangkat Chrang Chamres II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, June 5, 2021. (Malis Tum/VOA)