March to PM’s house halted
Representatives of more than 400 families who watched as their homes were burned during an eviction this month in Kratie’s Snuol district were blocked by authorities yesterday as they attempted to take their grievance to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s doorstep. Though tensions initially ran high, the morning action blocking some 200 demonstrators was largely nonviolent – thanks in part to exhortations from monks from the Samaki Rainsy pagoda, the Meanchey district temple that has offered them shelter since they arrived in the capital nearly two weeks ago. …
May Titthara
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