Land grabbing has been a hot-button issue in Cambodia ever since the first United Nations peacekeepers arrived in the early 1990s and initiated their first de-mining programs, in a country where quality real estate was in short supply and arguments over ownership were many and heated.
Barely a week passes in which a land dispute – big or small – is not reported. The latest concern is people with livelihoods around the planned Funan Techo Canal, to be dug from Phnom Penh to Kep, while lingering disputes remain at Angkor Wat where up to 40,000 people have been displaced.
Since 1992, the famed temples of Angkor Wat have enjoyed all the rights and privileges that came with their listing by the World Heritage Committee from the U.N.’s Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, more commonly known as UNESCO.
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/unesco-to-investigate-alleged-rights-abuses-at-angkor-wat/
