Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen here on Tuesday ordered all the local authorities to stop filling lakes for real estate and other projects to safeguard the public interests.
"It is time for me to take measures to fight against public land robbers" and those who violate the order will be removed from power and face jail term from one to five years in accordance with the law, he told officials and students at a graduation ceremony.
"I have ordered to destroy the buildings constructed on the Boeng Kob Srov Lake in the outskirts of Phnom Penh by the Long Chhin Resort Company, because it violated the investment agreement, " he said, adding that the company's bank account will be frozen.
"We have to ruin (the illegal buildings) and take public lakes back," he added.
Kandal Provincial Governor Khim Bo and his deputies He Kann and Cheng Nhanh have been fired for their involvement in the Long Chhin project.
The government also set the end of July as deadline for the company to dismantle all the 18 villas and flats built on the Kob Srov Lake, a section of which it has already filled in for its unauthorized housing development.
Source: Xinhua
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