Thursday, February 02, 2012

Six More Borei Keila Protesters Arrested

An unidentified female protester tore off her shirt at the demonstration Wednesday as riot police officers looked on. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey)
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“The Cambodian government should find a good solution for the protesters, to show the internationals and Asean that it can respect human right.”
At least six demonstrators were arrested in front of City Hall on Wednesday as they joined a protest for the release of eight others in the Borei Keila neighborhood eviction last month.

A similar protest in January led to the unlawful detention of around 30 residents before they escaped a detention center in the capital.

Both protests were for the release of the eight people arrested during a violent forced eviction on Jan. 3, where residents threw bottles and rocks at police attempting to push them from their homes to make way for a development deal.


Some of Wednesday’s female protesters tore off their shirts as they faced off with riot police carrying batons and shields. Others threw bottles of water at police. No one was injured.

Koet Che, deputy city administrator, declined to comment at the scene.

Am Sam Ath, lead monitor for the rights group Licadho, said the solution to ongoing eviction problems was not in police violence.

“The Cambodian government should find a good solution for the protesters, to show the internationals and Asean that it can respect human rights,” he said.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Some protestors are holding Hun Sen and Bun Rany's pictures. They need to understand that Hun Sen and Bun Rany themselves are thieves. This is a way for a dictator to manipulate people. Dictators usually make people suffer than help them for gratitude in return.

If Hun Sen wants to solve the problems, he can do it easily. But he's unwilling to do it because those abusers are his cronies.

The Cambodians people have to stand up and fight for survival.Find a way to teach the government a lesson whether through election or other kinds of people's powers. Sometimes it needs violences to stop violences or oppression.

Anonymous said...

This is your bad Karma when you stupid Khmers keep voting for Ah Hun Sen. Khmes still don't know that Ah Hun is former KR and he is serving only Youns and Chen.

Anonymous said...

Vote for Hun Sen, he will give more lands to the Vietnamese and CPP.

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