A Cambodian woman places a flower in front of portraits of victims of a deadly grenade attack, in Phnom Penh March 30, 2007. Friday marks the 10th year anniversary of a grenade attack which took place in front of the national assembly killing 16 people and injuring 150. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian Buddhist monks pay respect in front of a memorial for victims of a deadly grenade attack, in Phnom Penh March 30, 2007. Friday marks the 10th year anniversary of a grenade attack which took place in front of the national assembly killing 16 people and injuring 150. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaFriday, March 30, 2007
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Dozens of Buddhist monks chanted prayers Friday to mark the anniversary of a deadly grenade attack at a peaceful anti-government demonstration 10 years ago.
Sam Rainsy, Cambodia's main opposition leader, led about 300 of his supporters to a concrete memorial erected outside the Cambodian National Assembly that honors those killed on the same spot when four grenades were lobbed into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators on March 30, 1997.
At least 16 people were killed and 114 others wounded, including an American. No one has been arrested and no official death toll was released.
Sam Rainsy, who led the demonstration and escaped unharmed during the attack, on Friday renewed his call for justice.
"Although 10 years have passed, our sufferings still remain with us — so does our determination to see justice done for the victims," he said Friday at the ceremony.
U.S. citizen Ron Abney was among the wounded, prompting an FBI probe that has never been made public.
Abney did not attend the commemoration Friday. But he issued a statement handed out at the ceremony that called the attackers "thugs and agents" sent by the government "to try and kill those threatening (Prime Minister) Hun Sen's hold on the people."
"We can't let the killers of these brave men and women who were slaughtered go unpunished," he said.
Sam Rainsy had previously accused Hun Sen of being behind the attack. But he later retracted the allegation.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch, in a statement Thursday, accused authorities of involvement in the attack.
"The Cambodian authorities have never conducted a serious investigation into this attack, either despite or because of substantial evidence of government involvement," Brad Adams, the group's Asia director, said in the statement.
The statement noted that on the day of the attack the Cambodian police force — which had routinely kept a high profile at opposition demonstrations to discourage public participation — had been unusually absent.
However, Hun Sen's personal bodyguards had been "for the first time" deployed at a demonstration, implying they were there to help the attackers escape. Human Rights Watch urged the FBI to reopen an investigation into the attack.
Hun Sen has repeatedly denied any involvement in the attack.
Khieu Sopheak, a police lieutenant general and spokesman of Cambodia's Interior Ministry, on Friday dismissed allegations of government involvement as "groundless."
He said the investigation into the case remains open but that the government had no new leads to pursue.
Sam Rainsy, Cambodia's main opposition leader, led about 300 of his supporters to a concrete memorial erected outside the Cambodian National Assembly that honors those killed on the same spot when four grenades were lobbed into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators on March 30, 1997.
At least 16 people were killed and 114 others wounded, including an American. No one has been arrested and no official death toll was released.
Sam Rainsy, who led the demonstration and escaped unharmed during the attack, on Friday renewed his call for justice.
"Although 10 years have passed, our sufferings still remain with us — so does our determination to see justice done for the victims," he said Friday at the ceremony.
U.S. citizen Ron Abney was among the wounded, prompting an FBI probe that has never been made public.
Abney did not attend the commemoration Friday. But he issued a statement handed out at the ceremony that called the attackers "thugs and agents" sent by the government "to try and kill those threatening (Prime Minister) Hun Sen's hold on the people."
"We can't let the killers of these brave men and women who were slaughtered go unpunished," he said.
Sam Rainsy had previously accused Hun Sen of being behind the attack. But he later retracted the allegation.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch, in a statement Thursday, accused authorities of involvement in the attack.
"The Cambodian authorities have never conducted a serious investigation into this attack, either despite or because of substantial evidence of government involvement," Brad Adams, the group's Asia director, said in the statement.
The statement noted that on the day of the attack the Cambodian police force — which had routinely kept a high profile at opposition demonstrations to discourage public participation — had been unusually absent.
However, Hun Sen's personal bodyguards had been "for the first time" deployed at a demonstration, implying they were there to help the attackers escape. Human Rights Watch urged the FBI to reopen an investigation into the attack.
Hun Sen has repeatedly denied any involvement in the attack.
Khieu Sopheak, a police lieutenant general and spokesman of Cambodia's Interior Ministry, on Friday dismissed allegations of government involvement as "groundless."
He said the investigation into the case remains open but that the government had no new leads to pursue.
14 comments:
big show ram rain shit! better to care about complaining and accusing after the election!
let see your face when you lose the elction... The shit army of gringos will come to cambodia?
big show ram rain shit! better to care about complaining and accusing after the election!
let see your face when you lose the elction... The shit army of gringos will come to cambodia?
fact by outsider:
The truth is the greande attack was fomented and planned by former khmer rouge of Sam Bit ALLY OF HRH RANARIDDH and they were used by sam rainsy party to create the climate of terror.
BE AWARE THAT SAM RAINSY THE ACCUSER COULD BE ACCUSED OF COLLUDING AND CREATED THE ATTACK WHICH WAS MISCALCULATED AND KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Conclusion:sooner or later Mr.Sam Rainsy will be sent to prey say for the Phnom Penh Grenade Attack and the Siemreap Murder Attempton the convoyof the new elected MPS.
WAIT AND SEE !
HS chose 1 April for Commune Election has given a great opportunity for SRP to remind people of the most tragic event in Cambodia politic, the 10th anniversary of the "Grenade Attack", on the eve of election day. It's a unintentional political gift from HS that SRP could never expect to receive from HS again.
Vote for SRP, Vote for SRP, He's the Best of all parties.
Vote "NO" to CPP and its members!!
The ones who compained for CPP are the ones who corrupted ones.
They're all worked for their bank account.
They're all considered Khmer Most Wanted Criminals.
They're all need to be deported back to vietnam.
They're all No Gain, No Loss.
They're all deserved to be jailed.
They're all grabbing land from Poor Khmer people.
They're all giving the land to Vietnam.
They're all destroyed forestry.
They're all letting Youns living in Cambodia freely.
They're all Tmil Orth SasNa.
They're all Kbort Cheart.
Long Live H.R. Sam Rainsy, the Khmer Nationalist who fights for corruption, people, and sovereignty of Cambodia.
Forget your victims, it is all
rigged by Ah Khmer-Yuons and their
CIA. They aint gonna find anything
ever. Live with it, you Stupid
Retarded People (SRP).
MR SAM RAIN SHIT, YOU LOOK SAD AND YOU KNOW HOW TO ACT...
THE FACT IS THAT THE MASTERMIND OF THE GRENADE ATTACK IS NOW JUST PRAYING IN FRONT OF THE VICTIMS SOUL... SHAME ON YOU SAM RAIN SHIT!
SOONER OR LATER, YOU WILL BE SENT TO PREY SAR OR GO BACK TO JOIN YOUR GRINGOS IN THE US OF INDIANA JONES....
LET WAIT AND SEE YOUR FACE AFTER THE ELECTION....SADER?
Yep, those Super Retarded People
(SRP) think they can fool us
(Khmers), but they are only fooling
themselves, Muah ha ha ha ha....
Hey you @10:23PM, ask your whore mother how many Viet/Yuon's dick (cong kak) she has sucked so far? lost count yet?
11:43 PM
gringos el lokos stay in your doogy cage at the white house and keep learning to bark .
there are few gringos in Cambodia, take them back to cage: sam rain shit, son chhay the ozzie and others...Leave Cambodia to inside cambodians.
dare to come with cff read see fuck fuck!
Hun Sen is a KR assassin. He will get the same fate as Hussein.
His CPP is now spreading Phle Lovea (Lovea fruits)throughout Cambodia. Be careful Lovea fruit look very attractive but it is a poisonous fruit.
Yeah, and you must got the info
from that stupid CIA agent who
saw WMD in Iraq.
yuon gringos above, as long as the yuon grons are mucking around lhmer affir, khmer knoing srok always support overseas gringos to come and help fix yuon gingos dumb ass
LOL, gringoes got their asses
kicked by Yuons not long ago. I
won't hold my breath for their
help if I were you.
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