Detainee speaks out online

17 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Social development / Unions
Cambodian Defenders Project / Court of Appeal / IDEA / Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association / Sok Sam Oeun / Supreme Court / Veng Sreng Boulevard / Vorn Pov / Yakjin (Cambodia) Inc

As lawyers for 21 defendants denied bail by the Court of Appeal last week wait for the Supreme Court to respond to their appeals, the most high-profile of the detainees is speaking out via social media. On Friday night, Prak Sovannary, wife of Vorn Pov – president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) – posted to her Facebook account an open letter Pov allegedly wrote from prison to his supporters. … In an email yesterday, a spokesperson said Yakjin never filed a court complaint against the 10 arrested there. …

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