Cracking down 101

A deal to end the political deadlock may reduce demonstrations in the streets, but the authorities are leaving nothing to chance – Daun Penh’s notorious district security guards are finally receiving proper government training. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche, who has previously said the baton-wielding district security guards – regularly behind the violent beatings of protesters in the post-election period – lack government security training, said yesterday that they are set to take part in an upcoming Ministry of Interior training scheme. …

Daniel Pye and Alice Cuddy
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