‘Blocked’ monks block road
More than 80 monks and activists marching to Phnom Penh for International Human Rights Day blocked National Road 5 in Kampong Chhnang town yesterday evening after local authorities allegedly pressured a pagoda to deny them permission to rest there.
Independent Monks Network head But Buntenh claimed that authorities had prevented the marchers – who departed from Pursat on Sunday – from resting at the Aranch Karam pagoda. …
Hol Veasna, Kampong Chhnang town deputy police chief, denied the authorities had stopped the monks or ordered the pagoda’s entrance be locked. He said that authorities did not have any rights to interfere with a pagoda’s affairs. …
Sen David
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