In 1992, UNESCO designated Angkor as a World Heritage Site.
The UN agency also affirmed it as a “living” site whose traditional communities were as important as the stones.
But now, locals accuse the Cambodian government of the mass forced eviction of thousands of people from those communities, while the government claims each one has voluntarily moved after settling illegally in Angkor. It also says the relocations are at UNESCO’s behest.

