Victims put pressure on ANZ over the loss of their land — The Age

The Age - Ra grew coconuts, bananas and mangos, earning enough income to support her family and pay for her five children to go to school. That changed when she lost her farm. The ramifications of the land grab seven years ago, and the role of ANZ in financing the Phnom Penh Sugar (PPS) refinery, are still being felt today.

February 23, 2017

Pheun Ra, 42, was visiting her mother in hospital when security guards from the ANZ bank-financed Phnom Penh Sugar Company arrived at her small plot of land in Cambodia’s south. Over several hours, the guards demolished her home as part of a land grab to make way for a new sugar plantation backed by one of Cambodia’s most powerful figures. READ FULL ARTICLE ▶

Photo: Camobodian Pheun Ra has been caught up in a land grab funded by the ANZ bank.CREDIT:PENNY STEPHENS

Victims put pressure on ANZ over the loss of their land — The Age

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