Military police asked to answer for protest deaths
Richard Rogers, the lawyer retained by the opposition CNRP to potentially submit a case against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government with the International Criminal Court at The Hague, said Thursday that letters were hand-delivered to two military police chiefs requesting information about the fatal shooting of garment strike protesters last month.
Mr. Rogers said that the letters were delivered to National Military Police commander Sao Sokha and Phnom Penh Municipal Military Police commander Rath Srieng, who was in command of the military police officers who opened fire on January 3 on Veng Sreng Street, killing five protesters and wounding more than 40. …
The letters ask both commanders to disclose who was involved in the decision to use live ammunition on the protesters, who were mostly throwing rocks and some crude Molotov cocktails at security forces. …
Brigadier General Kheng Tito, spokesman for the military police, said that Lt. Gen. Sokha and Maj. Gen. Srieng will not provide any of the information regarding the killing on Veng Sreng Street as requested by Mr. Rogers. …
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-asked-to-answer-for-protest-deaths-51633/
