No arrests yet in National Assembly attacks
Pressure is growing on investigators probing the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside parliament last week, as an official yesterday claimed police needed more time to make arrests.
Cambodia National Rescue Party parliamentarians Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea are recovering in a Bangkok hospital after being set upon by a mob as they attempted to leave the National Assembly last Monday.
The attackers – some of whose faces have been revealed in smartphone footage uploaded to social media – emerged as a pro-ruling Cambodian People’s Party rally calling for the ouster of CNRP deputy chief Kem Sokha as the parliament’s first vice president began to disperse. …
Meas Sokchea
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