Cambodian security forces clear opposition protesters from capital’s Freedom Park

Security guards, police in plainclothes and riot police, armed with batons and metal pipes, on Saturday forcibly cleared hundreds of pro-opposition’s demonstrators from the capital Phnom Penh’ s Freedom Park, where they have been protesting for three straight weeks against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. National Military Police spokesman Kheng Tito said that the authorities just chased protesters away from the park and no one was injured or arrested. “Now, we take control of the park, no more protest is allowed,” he told Xinhua. … “To ensure social security and public order, the Phnom Penh Municipality decides not to allow the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to continue holding demonstrations at the Freedom Park and marching through streets in the city from Jan. 4 onwards until the security situation has returned to normal,” Pa Socheatvong said in a letter to opposition leader Sam Rainsy. He said in recent days, inciting activities have led to violence that claimed lives and caused severe destruction to public and private properties

 Xinhuanet News Staff
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