PHNOM PENH — After receiving an order from Hun Sen, Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara led a team of experts and relevant officials to Sihanoukville to call a halt to the illegal development of a beach. The prime minister ordered the Prek Treng beach in Otres commune to be restored to its previous condition, a press release from the Ministry of Land Management obtained by The Post on Tuesdaysaid. ADVERTISEMENT“The ministry calls on landowners to be informed that filling in beaches [is not permitted],” the press release says. “The owner must remove the construction erected on the [public] beach within 15 days. He said the government would not allow anyone to destroy Cambodia’s beautiful coastal areas that attract so many tourists.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 19, 2018 09:33 UTC