Cambodia's new oil wealth - 06 Aug 07

Cambodia has struck oil, but it may not necessarily be good news. Hamish MacDonald, reporting for Al Jazeera from Cambodia, asks how well-suited the country is to absorbing its new windfall.

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News & Politics

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• oil
• Cambodia
• Hamish
• Macdonald
• corruption
• aljazeera

[thysawonn]

most of the high rank officials are such a greedy pigs.They want almost everything for themself, and leave the poors dying. sad but very true.

[airrick16]

There's no forests left in cambodia, believe me i've been there...its deforestation at its worst. Erosion, dust storms on a massive scale. BEcause the gov't is corrupt and sells trees to VIetnam

[NinjaGodFire]

My uncle is one of the richest in Cambodia over 1 million dollars and own 4 business he's Germany but his wife is Cambodian I'm Cambodia and Chinese :3

[conchwillow]

If there is oil in Cambodia maybe the west will finally do something to help the wonderful khmer people. Or maybe we will stand by and watch just as we did during the Pol Pot years. That sounds more likely.

[kbee213]

messages to all these greedy government official, even pm hun sen. you better stop the corruption and share the oil and gas money to help the poor now or when u die, God will judge you on judgement day. u better enjoy now because there is judgement after u die. u will stand b4 God..

[moneyindabank]

Cambodia needs a Saddam Hussein dictator type..

[camboramb0]

The spirit of the people my ass. My dad sends all his savings to help educate children near his land. Meanwhile, these greedy fuckers takes profit and support Vietnam infrastructure. Nothing against Vietnamese people but fuck Cambodia pm.

[KhemBoSpike]

I miss cambodia so much

[KhmerKorruption]

No matter what anyone says here it will do nothing for the people of Cambodia. because we all call for help from someone else expecting them to do something. if that no one steps forward that country my homeland is never going to regain its former beauty. power,greed,jealousy it what rules that country so who will help? no one if everyone is mute and blind towards this injustice we take advantage of what we have here. and don't see the world around us so i ask again. who will help? besides us.

[USAdude30]

I have traveled to Cambodia twice.The Khmer people are wonderful.It makes me sick to have seen how very poor native Cambodians are being treated in there own country.Horriable puppet government from north Vietnam is raping the land beyond measure and erasing the Khmer culture.

[TheMrxZero]

no one can help Cambodia now.. i hope the president`s son will be replace wit him soon and will do better than him

[TheMrxZero]

example someone give 1,000,000 dollars to the government to do research for oil in Cambodia, the first person who receive that money corrupt 10,000 dollars already then another one take 10,000$ everyone corrupt that money.. finally that money last only 10,000$ for do research for oil.. thats wat they do in cambodia..