Cambodian Communities Are Being Destroyed by Their Own Government
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- Phnom Penh for Sale: How corrupt Cambodian politicians are colluding with land developers to displace thousands from their homes.
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In the name of so-called development, rampant land developers are destroying poor Cambodian communities, leaving thousands homeless. All with a wink and a nod from the country's political elite.
'They don't care - they want to make profits' says Sam Rainsy as he wades through a flooded settlement in Phnom Penh. With a developer filling in the nearby lake to build a high-rise, it's just a matter of time before the residents are pushed out. A 2001 law grants ownership to settlers of more than 5 years. Yet across Cambodia developers are bulldozing homes after offering an unfair pay-off to residents. 'We had to fight for our belongings!' says one woman who was dragged kicking and screaming from her home. 'What the company has done with the complicity of authorities is illegal' cries a human rights worker. The neighbouring community watches in silence, knowing that they will be next.
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As a citizen of Cambodians, i feel so dismayed and broken down with what had happened in the past several years. It has been on my mind since that day. It has still proceeded until now. How can we eliminate these kinds of actions to the same nationality.
Divide and conquer - Turn the villages against one another by taking advantage of their poverty - It's the oldest trick in the book!
I highly respect and happy for outsiders to step in to help others in foreign land. It means so much, because all this damn government and greedy business officials gonna do is just keep taking advantage of these poor people.
No wonder Hon san is supporting Burmese junta.Down to all dictators.
How can people in any nation do this to their fellow countrymen? The workers are disgusting.
Need to feed mouths at home. If you don't do this, someone else will.
+Kristiano Bertucci feed mouths by destroying landscape n homes..
Capitalism is bringing out the worst in people, governments, and the entire world. The end result will be world war three...
Khmer is one of the greediest race on earth I’d say 80% of Cambodia. Cambodia might be a country that full of Buddhism but only a few people actually praising it. The monks some are great and full of wisdom some just flat out scaming people. Most of the land now are own by Chinese and Vietnamese. Sorry for the bad English.
@ Scott Bixler
What capitalism? Cambodia is ran by Marxists.
Sick stuff, prayers to the Khmer people suffering through all this corruption and immortality.
Heartbreaking. Boeng Kak was a very large urban lake & acted as a necessary groyne for Phnom Penh during the wet season. Sam Rainsey is a refreshing alternative & this country's only hope for creating positive change in this damaged country. It is presently run by an elite comprising royalty & Khmer Rouge remaining in the administration.
Soo sad
One of the most wonderful countries in the world with great people and yet you do this to them its shameful and disgusting,i am Australian and was pissed of to see my fellow country men celebrating Australia day in there nice new embassy while this was taking place,i know we have people there trying to help them but jesus cant we do better.....
The Australian government is unfortunately doing nothing against this corrupted Cambodian politicians. They drink Champagne together at the Australian embassy cheering for a new Mio$ aid...What a shame!
@@danielvanstichel6077 it's pathetic and embarrassing
@@danielvanstichel6077 yeah and i cant even speak out, my family got threatened by police with guns on bikes and its fucked
Yes this is the true, I’m a Cambodian I’m that it is now able to go out on youtube. Because most broadcast station are censored here.
That's so sad at the end. They got to the chief. Probably either offered him a ton of money or threatened his family. I hate rich people who take and destroy the lands of poor people and the wilderness!
cant bear to watch this omg😟
stay strong Cambodia !
You have the rich ethnic Chinese that are pulling all the strings for this to happen. They control 99 percent of Cambodia's economy and paying the politicians that are suppose to work for the people. The Chinese line their pockets with money at the expense of the Cambodian people.
The Vietnamese run Angkor Wat and have a lot of say too. I was in Cambodia again this year. Numerous complaints about Vietnam.
Yeah Viet is the all reason .Your mom got pregnant and u gonna say because Vietnam caused it. HAHAHA
The Viets were pro Russia. Vietnam overthrew Pol Pot which pissed China off even though Pol Pot massacred 2 millions of Cambodians. Now Hun Sen is desperate to stay in power and he called for China's help. But then you all have to blame the Viets again.
Its all Australia fault
It the Chinese fault and corrupt khmers gvmnts.
boycott Cambodian government
Boycotts all Chinese and VN communist products,they both want Cambodia.
@@smartguy2095 It is too late. They got it already.
smart guy20 keep blaming China fool!
@@NoProxies chinese communist party is not china. without them the gov has no choice but to respect international law and human right.
Please stop donate money to Cambodia because government keeps that money in pocket for their groups and families
People over there still poor and some are even homeless
There are only bottom classes and top classes
Laws only work for poor people , money talk !
Laws Only work for money and the Rich. And stopped donate to the government officials and the Money stay in their pockets.
So sad to see these people being forced out of their homes. Flood made it worse.
Khmer Rouge all over again. Pol Pot reincarnation is coming to haunt Cambodia again...
Tunku Badlishah Nah, that's not gonna happen.
Tunku Badlishah i knew that already. I always wanted to hunt Khmers Rouges.
Tunku Badlishah p
My Hentai Girl its so easy to point fingers at China,as Muslim I almost did same but if you if study the facts from behind the screens you wouldn’t say such thing.
@@NoProxies burn in hell with communist Bastards your communist lover Sen and his shit government China and all thier cronies are destroying Cambodia
Good work Dan ..yr Awesum..
This has happened in many black American neighborhoods but slightly different tactics is used. This evil common worldwide. God is the defender of the poor even though justice seems slow. This’s a sad world for sure.
Anyone with bad comment.
I recommend go to Cambodia and learn by your own eyes.
Don't trust media too much they just a coin
This area now is developed, a huge retail mall have built ,there gonna be skyscrapers and apartments. yet seeing this is so sad
All these devil money power hungry are all going to hell!!!!! Some people are so bad
Poors people need to unite together,rise up and fight back.
@@smartguy2095 that's right if all Cambodian people stand up together nothing more powerful than that
A very worse condition! Heart breaking!
How do they do this to another one 😢 at least let them to take their stuff at their house. Their stuff is precious and memoriable too.
A lot of commenters would say if poor people
cannot afford kids, do not have them, but before
the war in Cambodia, more than 90% of the population
owned their lands with titles, after the war the people
with or without titles were entitled to land they have
lived on for over 5 years, these people were self sufficient,
asking the government for nothing, now the land is given
to cronies of the government, and the people are brutally
displaced, what's different from the action of bank robbers?
"They don't take into account the environment, tey ignore the needs of the poor people". While the man and his entire camera screw are standing on raft being LITERALLY dragged backwards through the water by a poor person for free. I though he was literally "WADING IN". ??
So sad Cambodians are still suffering, after all they've been through...
Yeah and we are still getting fucked by the chinese driving us out of our homes
Where are those poor people supposed to go?
Shame on the government for doing this hope it happens to them the people of Cambodia need to stick together to bring change.
In Cambodia if you're poor you have no value. Even less than a rat
This video is now 2 years old. In the last two years, phnom Pehn skyline has completely changed. There are so many new building still going up today the cranes are hard to count. They are even losing their language as all the Chinese labor that is shipped in, don’t leave. They are now part of of cambodia with purchased passports and citizenships. People now have casinos going up everywhere and all that comes with casinos.
It hard to believe that the Phnom Pehn that I knew years ago has so many luxury car dealerships and Italian sports cars with Chinese at the wheel.
Cambodians are so nice, so peaceful. It’s such a shame.
This video is more like 12 years old.
Keep hating on Chinese.. 🙈
all the world leader watching this but not even a single country give a voice on their plight. what democracy and modern world we living in.
So they are being offered the equivalent of $20,000 for the small area that they each have their corrugated shacks on. I may not agree with the way the company has been dealing with them but I cannot totally fault the company for offering US$20,000 ( 81,378,720 Cambodian Riel) to each person for the small (probably less than a fourth of an acre each?!!! ) plot of land.
Please help those people 🙏 😢
Poor V Rich | Rich V Poor this is nothing new worldwide and if this was a court case we would be in court for the next 1000 years. It’s a combination of “what is the government plus big business willing to do about it together?” Said no one ever. 😷🤑😑
Living the high life in France. Possibly? Judging by the third party/persons who represents him on Twitter, they/them do not appear to be gathering many followers. More wine, garcon.
You can't get a house there for $20K? That's insane. Though, if I were in one of those tiny shacks, I'd take the money. I've no idea how expensive it is there, but I can't imagine it's a lot. My parents bought a home in the US in the 1970's for $20k, now that same house costs $130k! I'd buy it back if I could.
Housing seems to be a problem everywhere. It's as if the rich are buying up ALL the homes and land.
The Khmer people need to up rise from this communist dictator
Unite people! Bring down the corrupted politicians!
Money is the root of all evils. This event happened 4 years ago. Not that long ago.
get help to these lovely people & their children, xxx love from Scotland.
Only khmers people can themselves, nobody gonna help, nobody cares.
@@smartguy2095 who the fuck are you you not a smart guy at all
@@rendyem1829 it's actually true dude... People keep saying "save the world" while nobody don't know how to , no matter how much you save one place it doesn't mean we save the entire planet , we are so hopeless that nobody will believe us or help us . This is why cambodia are struggling right now not just cambodia all the entire world.
I just wish that Cambodian people live in peace together ...and I don want any wars happen in my country.#we love our country :)and I don want the evil government like that in my country I wish they’ll go to hell... !!!
poors people unite together, take weapons to fight back
Yes this is true ! And I’m Cambodia
If they were legally told to evacuate on a certain date and they did not ( whether it is morally right or wrong) They just cost more heartache for themselves.
I'm living and prospering on land confiscated from Native Americans by the country's fore-fathers. Can I really protest the human rights violations perpetrated by the Cambodian government?
Here in America its called imenit domain.
I've been there. I saw the truth. There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor. The rich is getting richer. The poor getting poorer.
The village leader in Cambodia tricks is saying " busy"
If he was resigned to losing his place then he should’ve taken the offer of over 81 million Cambodian money to re-houses family
i been there.its just slums,poor people and polluted water
My God :(
sorry man it your busy ,take care your-self.
How disgusting?!!!?
The Philippines has the same problem.
So sad to see all that happened in Khmer,
The village chief's life was definitely threatened.
Money talks and The Love Of it Is Surely the Root Of All Evil 😡
Soooo sad always government and money
Dictators, capitalists, authoritarians, power hungry, greed all end badly.
Chinese developers bankrolled this.
How very sad.
Cambodia is messed up 😭😢😢😢
australian embassy, shame to you.. you celebrated and never lift a finger to help the helpless. inhuman action.
Im never speaking out because if i do im dead
They are corruption
Cambodia will always suffer because Kmer Rouge regime still dictated the country . There’s not much different during Genocides 1975-1979. Except this dictators Govnment still the same as yesterday except they did this time with silence treatment ….Billions and Millions Dollars each and every years are donated from United Nations, International Organizations . But Hun Sen kept it to himself and to he’s relatives and allies ignoring the pain and sufferings of its own citizens ….
9:19 this is not normal poor people
😭😭😔😭😭💔💔💔💔💔🙏🏻🙏🏻😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🌎🌎🌎🌎My beautiful people are sufferings but the Government and he’s allies criminals should be held accountable for criminal against humanity it’s disgusting and heart wrenching to sees Cambodia turn out this way . I’ll plead toward the Internationals countries as Australia , United States , Frances to reach out to Cambodia please have mercy on these people . Hun Sen and he’s allies are all murderer corrupted Govnment …..
Tbh 20.000 USD is very much for this kind of slum resident. They are just too greedy and want to take advantages from the developer. Even in Us 20.000 still can do a lot
Greed, hatred, and delusion is the cause of all man's suffering...(Zen)
Sounds like what’s gonna happen here in the future
whos money and ways are behind the countries economic rise ?
this doesn't only happen in cambodia either
No one said otherwise. However this documentary is about Cambodia.... So your comment is irrelevant and useless
and none can be armed see the reason...?
And now the Vietnam power in taking over us the Khmer government told his people to move and give those land for Vietnamese people.
This should be a message to all anti gun advocates in the U.S......Without your 2nd amendment rights, this could be you and your community.
I need Sam Raingsy to be the leader of Cambodia
He too weak, the Cambodian neighbor might start attacking again like Thailand and Vietnam
Most of all cambodian leaders are incompetent and very corrupt. These imbeciles should be assination...especially the head of state "Hun Sen".
you can thank western “democracy” for essentially being complicit and even supporting this kind of behavior from the cambodian government. those australian oligarchs sipping wine in their thousand dollar dress clothes and watching as this happened around their own embassy is an embodiment of this. it’s a habit of westerners to claim to be pro-democracy... unless, of course, it’s inconvenient for them and their business interests. then it’s far more bendable.
@Al Fabeech it's pretty clear that westerners at least play a big hand in it
this is happening in texas they are knocking down project housing and section 8 apartments that are by the downtown areas for highrise apts and expensive condos its happening in my city as I type this message......the people have to pay for their own movers and revamp their whole life because of this abrupt move its sad
The poor is expendable everywhere in the world in some countries worst than others.
born in country like this rebellion is a duty
people form arm forces fight back,I definitely agree you, rebellion will solve the problems.
Later they will blame the Australians it’s a habitual repeat when it comes to the world and the English.
At the end of the day, we are all going to die and pay for what we did when we are still alive.
they need some scientists to figure out the mysteries of water and sand xD
This happens here in America all the time. Section 8, housing are always being torn down but, we move on without a fight and find new place somehow to establish.
Are you that fuckin dumb. There is no comparison you maggot
why is this in English try Cambodian Killing Fields - no sympathy.
This is ugly sad.
First time ?
People commentating on something that happened over a decade ago as though it's happening right now. Ignorant blatherings.
This is how the khmer rouge came into power
You're trying too hard, just let it be.
Are the villagers that stupid that they all just fingerprint stamped so voluntarily...
HakunaMatata well they have no choice
Sad. Khmer empire
Can u tell what’s the difference between Cambodian and Khmer?
@@konasaketrinh1446 its the same thing, some people called Cambodians but for people in Cambodia they call themselves Khmer. You can used both words to describe Cambodian people. Cambodian or Khmer. Its the same thing.
Trumps will like so go trumps
😂 I love my country 😂
They give up their crumbling shacks and in return they get schools, hospitals, clean water, and jobs.
God is coming, and you're oppressing the poor, you should be preparing for what's coming, you're troubling your own nation. We will see what you will do.
nothings gonna happen as ita a vicious cycle repeating its self
Only way to change is khmers people rise up,take up arms forces,fight back, don't let the evil gvmnts killed anymore innocent people, people in Africa and Middle East are fighting back because killing thousands of innocent people.They rise up.I don't see god helping the poors people ,it only get worse.
I love Cambodia UwU
Same
Just take the money and begin a new life. You can't just fight corrupt political leader. And why do you even vote for them in the first place ?
Brainwashed problem but mostly dumb adult who believe he is the "one" I want to vote but I'm too young ;-;