PHNOM PENH: Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Cambodia of breaking international law by evicting 10,000 families from around the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

Phnom Penh has over the past year increased the relocation of families living within the sprawling United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) World Heritage Site to a new community being built on former rice paddies 25 kilometers (15 miles) away since last year.

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