Evictees Begin to Leave Phnom Penh’s Crumbling ‘White Building’

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Investor representatives, authorities and residents of Phnom Penh's White Building are processing legal papers before the residents can receive their money transferred via bank checks, June 6, 2017. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)

The room of an art association in Phnom Penh's White Building is seen abandoned on June 6, 2017. The art association will be moved out as the White Building residents start moving out. The White Building has been authorized to investors for development project. (Khan Sokummono/ VOA Khmer)

Residents of Phnom Penh's White Building move out June 6, 2017 after negotiations finished. The White Building is authorized to a Japanese development project for redevelopment. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)