Youths to march for justice over shooting

16 October 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Phnom Penh / Social development
Khmer Kampuchea Krom / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Wat Phnom

More than 300 youth from around Cambodia plan to rally on Friday to demand justice for the man killed during the opposition party’s three-day demonstration last month. Participants from a variety of universities, high schools, youth clubs, civil societies and other groups will march from Wat Phnom to Phnom Penh Municipal Court, according to Meng Heng, 23, a representative of Khmer Kampuchea Krom youths, one of the organisations coordinating the rally. “We collected 350 thumbprints … and we will send the letter with those thumbprints to City Hall tomorrow for permission to rally,” he said. Heng added that the youth want to urge police and investigators to find the perpetrators who killed Mao Sok Chan and punish them through the law. …

 Mom Kunthear
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