Family of slain protesters questioned despite closed investigation

27 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Social development
LICADHO / Ministry of Interior / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Phou Povsun

Family members of two men slain by military police in violent suppression of a garment worker protest in January were questioned Wednesday at the Ministry of Interior, although the investigation into the killings was officially declared closed on March 16. Soun Nara, the brother of Yean Rithy, 25, and Khem Soeun, the father of Khem Sopath, 16, said penal police had questioned them in full about the events of January 3. Yean Rithy was killed by military police deployed to disperse the protesters. Khem Sopath’s body has not been found, but he was last seen bleeding profusely from a wound to the chest at the scene of the protest. Rights groups have called on authorities to investigate his whereabouts. …

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