Security dressed down
For months now, Daun Penh district security forces, identifiable by their dark blue uniforms, black motorbike helmets and merciless truncheon swinging, have been unleashed on protesters, opposition and otherwise, as the all-too-willing enforcers of government-approved crackdowns. But as district forces have begun targeting more journalists during their attacks in recent days, the government is speaking out for the first time against them, though without condemning their earlier violence against the opposition and other civilians. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Information condemned police and private security forces for “threatening, intimidating, seizing material and insulting” local and foreign journalists. …
Vong Sokheng and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/security-dressed-down
