Guards move batons aside in rare show of benevolence
Over the past year, Phnom Penh officials have proven themselves to be an unyielding group in the face of dissent, and the helmeted, baton-wielding security guards who answer to them the scourge of protesters.
On Wednesday, however, Daun Penh district officials took a softer approach when villagers from Kompong Chhnang province’s Lor Peang town—who are in Phnom Penh in order to bring attention to their land dispute with the KDC company—attempted to march to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house to deliver a petition. …
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