Friday, April 04, 2008Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Three SRP party activists were arrested by the authority when they were distributing leaflets calling people to join the demonstration which will be held on 06 April. The Daun Penh authority arrested these SRP activists on Thursday morning while they were distributing the leaflets, and it also confiscated 400 leaflets. SRP MP Yim Sovann intervened for the release of his party activists, and the trio was released after they promised not to distribute leaflets anymore. Yim Sovann told reporters that holding a demonstration is not illegal, and it is the people’s right. He said that the arrest of SRP activists who were distributing leaflets as a violation of the people’s right.
