Calls to end impunity aimed at court system
Hundreds of people gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to mark the International Day to End Impunity, calling on the government to tackle the issue by reforming its court system. Speaking at the event at the capital’s Cambodiana Hotel, Preap Kol, executive director of Transparency International Cambodia, said that impunity has become the “root cause” of social injustice in the Kingdom. … In a statement released yesterday, 16 NGOs called on the authorities to drop charges against a well-known activist monk, Venerable Luon Sovath, who is scheduled to face trial on Tuesday alongside members of the so-called “terrorist” Khmer People Power Movement (KPPM) on charges of treason and obstructing electoral procedures. …
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