Cambodian authorities take two more opposition MPs into custody

17 July 2014
Radio Free Asia
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Social development / System of government
Brad Adams / Cambodia National Rescue Party / CNRP / Freedom Park / HRW / Human Rights Watch / Hun Sen / Kem Sokha / LICADHO / Long Ry / Nut Rumduol / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Sam Rainsy / Yim Sovann

Thursday while a court summoned its deputy chief for questioning following violent clashes when party supporters tried to force the reopening of Freedom Park in the capital. Elected members of parliament Nut Rumduol and Long Ry were taken into custody by policemen in plain clothes from their homes and are expected to face insurrection charges on Friday that carry a prison sentence of up to 30 years, party officials said . Five other CNRP MPs and a party member were arrested on Tuesday immediately after the violence and produced in court and faced similar charges the next day and ordered detained pending trial. CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann told RFA’S Khmer Service that the two CNRP lawmakers were taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Headquarters and expected to face charges at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday. …

 Parameswaran Ponnudurai
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/violence-07172014203608.html