Politics at fore on anniversary

5 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / Ministries and other national bodies / Office of the Council of Ministers / Social development
Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian People's Party / CNRP / Council of Ministers / CPP / Kem Sokha / Khmer Krom / Phay Siphan / Sam Rainsy / Samaki Rainsey pagoda

Opposition leaders brought politics to the forefront of a ceremony to mark yesterday’s anniversary of France’s official transfer of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces to Vietnam in 1949. Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of monks, Khmer Krom and Khmer attendees at Samaki Rainsey pagoda in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha lambasted the ruling Cambodian People’s Party for operating under the thumb of Vietnam. ...

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