Monks, Workers Hold Vigil for Slain Protesters

3 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Cambodian Youth Network / Canadia Industrial Park / Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association / Independent Monks’ Network for Social Justice / Veng Sreng street / Yakjin garment factory

About 100 monks, activists and workers returned on Saturday evening to the Canadia Industrial Park, where garment workers clashed with military police on January 3, to pray for the five protesters who were shot dead in the violence and call for the release of 23 imprisoned activists and workers. About 20 monks from the Independent Monks Network for Social Justice lit candles and led prayers near Veng Sreng Street, which was temporarily placed under curfew and military surveillance last month after military police opened fire on protesters armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails, killing five and injuring more than 40. … Heng Samorn, the secretary-general of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association, whose president Vorn Pao is among the 23 detainees, said the group was not concerned about gathering amid a ban on demonstrations. … “If the court is independent and neutral they will release them as soon as possible because they do not have witnesses to provide exculpatory evidence against them,” he [Heng Samorn] added. …

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