via Phnom Penh Post, 16 Jan 2019:
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts experts have expressed concerns that ancient sites are threatened by land clearing.
The sites were classified into three types – religious, such as temples and shrines; ancient burial sites, which have suffered from raiders seeking precious objects; and other ancient sites including villages, ponds, hills and bridges.
Voeun Vuthy, the director at the ministry’s Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, told The Post the ancient sites are being disturbed by public and forest land clearing.
He said four ancient sites were locked in disputes and in court procedures. One is located in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district and involved land dredging.
Source: Ancient sites threatened by clearing, National, Phnom Penh Post
