Monday, 01 November 2010
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
ABOUT 65 would-be protesters were temporarily detained yesterday by authorities in Siem Reap province as they attempted to travel to the provincial capital to air their grievances to visiting United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, rights groups and villagers said.
Clinton arrived in Siem Reap yesterday for a two-day visit to the Kingdom that includes meetings with top officials, opposition politicians and civil society leaders.
Chhet Sambo, representing villagers from Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng district, estimated that about 200 people from Chi Kraeng, Banteay Srei and Varin districts set out to gain an audience with the secretary of state, who was staying at Siem Reap’s Sofitel Hotel.
The protesters were intending to draw Clinton’s attention to alleged human rights abuses, land-grabbing and the lack of judicial independence in Cambodia, he said, but added that police had started blocking the routes into Siem Reap city on Saturday evening.
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