Food stand owner Dem Mech wells up as he sits in the yard of the home he will lose if Cambodia proceeds with a massive new canal running from the Mekong river to the sea.
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“I won’t challenge the government, but what I want is decent compensation,” the wiry 57-year-old told AFP, seated in the shade of the house he shares with eight relatives.
“We don’t have any official information. We have only heard about it from social media.”
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