Cambodia calls for calm as protests banned after deadly clash

4 January 2014
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The Cambodian Ministry of Interior on Saturday called for the people to stay calm as all forms of demonstrations were prohibited so as to restore social security and public order after a deadly clash on Friday. “The ministry urges all the people to keep calm and avoid joining any illegal activities that could have adverse effects on national peace, stability, development and harmony,” said the ministry in a statement. “To ensure security and public order, demonstrations or marches are temporarily banned until the security situation is ensured and returned to normal,” the statement said. In regard to the police’s operation to remove hundreds of pro- opposition’s demonstrators from the capital’s Freedom Park on Saturday morning, the statement said the operation had been conducted peacefully without any clash. … The Ministry of Labor on Friday said outlawed garment protests have frightened employers, employees and other people, and adversely affected investment climate in the country. “The Ministry would like to call for the Cambodia National Rescue Party and six trade unions to immediately stop inciting workers to commit violence, road blockades, and destruction of factories’ properties,” said a Labor Ministry statement.

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