In February 2013 Shukaku Inc. was praised for "reducing poverty" in a letter from the minister of Economy and Finance, Keat Chhon to the development company.
Chuktema is best remembered for the widely unpopular filling in of Boeung Kak lake and the violent land evictions there and at the Borei Keila community, whose landless residents continue to protest regularly in Phnom Penh.
Subhash Kak | Kak Commune, Bar Kaev District | Kak Commune | Boeung Kak | Beena Kak | Avinash Kak |
Despite a land law in 2001 passed by the Royal Government of Cambodia recognising land titles if proof of residence for five continuous years can be shown, residents of Boeung Kak were denied land titles.