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Phnom Penh: scrapheap of the poor

10 years on from historic coup, success story is blighted by corruption From Nick Meo in Phnom Penh

THE municipal dump on the outskirts of Phnom Penh is where Cambodia's luckless poor go when they become truly desperate.

As the monsoon rains pour down scavengers hunt through piles of stinking refuse for bits of saleable scrap or even edible food.