Cambodia Orders Halt to Anti-Vietnamese Protests After Flag Burning Incident

19 August 2014
Radio Free Asia
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Ministry of Interior / Social development
Embassy of Vietnam / Hanoi / Heng Samrin / Horn Nam Hong / Khieu Sopheak / Khmer Kampuchea Krom / Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam / Ministry of Interior / Ngo Anh Dung / Thach Setha / Trung Van Thong

suspend protests against Vietnam over a territorial dispute as Phnom Penh expressed “regret” to Hanoi over the burning of a Vietnamese flag during the demonstrations last week. Horn Nam Hong met at his office with the head of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Thach Setha, who agreed to temporarily halt the protest outside the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh following the request from the minister. “We issued a statement to halt the protests until the end of this month,” Thach Setha told RFA’s Khmer Service following Tuesday’s meeting, though he stressed that the demonstration would continue next month if Hanoi doesn’t apologize over a statement it made on the historical ownership of Khmer Kampuchea Krom provinces. …

 Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/protests-08192014163708.html