Cambodia parliament denies chief’s promise to punish Khmer Krom activists for protesting against Vietnam

20 August 2014
Global Post
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / International relations / Social development
Foreign Affairs Commission / Hanoi / Heng Samrin / Khmer Krom / Nguyen Tan Dung

A spokesman for the Cambodian Parliament on Wednesday strongly denied that the country’s Parliament chief Heng Samrin has promised Vietnam to take strict measures to punish ethnic Khmer Krom activists who had held protests against a Vietnamese diplomat.

The denial came after Vietnamese media reported Monday that during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on Monday, Heng Samrin regretted that Khmer Krom activists burned a Vietnamese flag in protests in Cambodia’s Phnom Penh last week and reportedly said this was an action of a group of ” extremists.” …

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