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| 24 May 2012 - A group of BKL residents protest in front of the court following the sentencing of 13 of their representatives (Photo: Uon Chhin, RFA) |
24 May 2012
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
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On 24 May, the Phnom Penh municipal court held a hearing to sentence 13 Boeung Kak Lake (BKL) residents to 2-1/2 years of jail time for illegal occupation of real estate properties belonging to a public entity and for their opposition to public authorities – a serious charge.
The court decision was met by strong reaction from BKL supporters who came to support the 13 representatives.
Adhoc reported that in the first 5 months of this year, no less than 5 armed violence cases took place and they led to 3 shootings, as well as 24 arrests. These cases involved protesters from Kratie province, BKL residents and Ven. Loun Sovath.
Civil society indicated that the national and international communities are very surprised to see that the government cannot reign in on the army and police forces which used violence to put down protesters while these government forces were protecting the interest of private companies. In all these problems, Hun Xen’s regime set a bad precedent to other ASEAN nations, especially when Cambodia is currently the chair of ASEAN.
2 comments:
Let’s me emphasis to you regarding the land grabbing and violence against with the police and the people. The company has been compensated to the families but they refused because not enough for them, however, some families have accepted the compensation. Those people who did not they refuse, and against the company that ‘s why the violence get start and have been started for years. Thus concerning this situation, you cannot put the blame on Samdech Mohadechu Hun Sen, he does not care if those people mean to commit suicide. I’ve seen this happen all the time so on and on, so it seems never ended. I beg to the people that they should make an agreement with the company, your life is important then the land. Am I clear to you pal?
Former Khmer Rouge soldier
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