Cambodian police block protesters trying to petition PM for land to live

A Boeung Kak lake protester, center, is blocked by riot police officers during a protest rally against land eviction near the prime minister’s residence, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. More than one hundred riot police officers on Tuesday were deployed to keep the protesters off Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence as they try to to petition him to provide them with land, which Hun Sen’s government earlier promised. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Heng Sinith>

Tep Vanny, rear center, of Boeung Kak lake, scuffles with riot police officers during a protest rally against land eviction near the prime minister’s residence, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Heng Sinith>