Protests ‘degrading security’
High-ranking government officials expounded on the detrimental effect political and labour demonstrations are having on Cambodia’s security during an annual meeting of police officials yesterday. In a speech to about 500 police in leadership positions, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said demonstrations, which have exploded since July’s national election, are breeding opportunistic extremists who incite violence, destroy property and create situations that lead to deaths and injuries. Kheng listed striking garment workers as well as land and human rights activists as complicit in degrading security in Cambodia last year. After Kheng’s speech, Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak noted six deaths as a result of clashes between police and “anarchists”. …
Vong Sokheng
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