The Cambodian government has set Long Chhin Resorts a deadline at the end of July to dismantle all its buildings from Kob Srov Lake, a section of which the construction company had filled in for an unauthorized housing development, local media said on Tuesday.
Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor said on Sunday that the deadline orders the company to destroy 18 villas and flats built on a section of the lake it has already filled in.
If the company fails to carry out the dismantlement, the government would bring in bulldozers to flatten the unlawful buildings to restore the lake as it is a water reservoir and flood prevention facility, Lim Kean Hor was quoted by Cambodian-language newspaper the Rasmei Kampuchea as saying.
The minister called the filling-in of the lake and construction of houses by Long Chhin Resorts as very bad, adding that it sent out negative signals to other private developers.
The government action to order the destruction of the buildings is the right decision to strengthen law, he added.
"This is a lesson to other people not to (behave) like this," said Kim Kean Hor.
A staffer from Long Chhin Resorts speaking on condition of anonymity said Sunday that the company had received the notice and that her boss was negotiating with officials concerned over the issue.
Kandal Provincial Governor Khim Bo and his deputies He Kann and Cheng Nhanh were removed for their involvement in the scandal.
Source: Xinhua
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