Opposition to the demolition of monument for victims of grenade attack
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy declared in Tuesday that his party will strongly oppose any plan to demolish a monument commemorating the victims of the 30 March 1997 grenade attack, located in a public park in front of the National Assembly. Sam Rainsy’s warning was made following a rumor indicating that the municipality of Phnom Penh plans to demolish the monument to make way for the construction of a new park, in order to improve the view in front of the National Assembly. Sam Rainsy told a group of reporters in front of the National Assembly that he will be willing to the demolition of this monument, if [the city] is willing to demolish the monument built to thank to the Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia [during Vietnam’s invasion in the 80s], which is located nearby the monument for the victims of the grenade attack also. Kep Chuktema, the governor of Phnom Penh, could not be contacted regarding this issue.
