Cambodian police scour jungle for Vietnamese ‘Montagnards’ refugees

Cambodian police said Wednesday they were scouring remote northeastern jungles for a group of Vietnamese Montagnards who crossed the border in an apparent attempt to seek asylum. Rights groups say 13 of the hill tribe people, including one woman, fled persecution in Vietnam late last month and have since been hiding out in Cambodia’s Rattanakiri province. … “We are searching for them. We haven’t found them yet,” Rattanakiri police chief Nguon Koern told AFP, adding that the Ministry of Interior would decide if the group should be deported. …

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