- Title: CAMBODIA: ELECTION OFFICIALS END THEIR CAMPAIGNING
- Date: 25th July 1998
- Summary: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (JULY 25, 1998) (RTV) 1. SLV CLOSED SHOPS AND PEOPLE SITTING AROUND ON STREETS (4 SHOTS) 0.16 2. SLV STREET SCENES WITH SECURITY VEHICLES PARKED / SLV MAN SITTING AT TABLE WITH A MACHINE GUN CARTRIDGE / SECURITY (7 SHOTS) 1.03 3. SLV PAN EXTERIOR OF TUOL SLENG, FORMER KHMER ROUGE INTERROGATION CENTRE 1.10 4. MV POLL
- Embargoed: 9th August 1998 13:00
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- Location: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
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- Country: Cambodia
- Reuters ID: LVA764QRFAAIF1UHV0UM52AEQEM6
- Story Text: Cambodians have taken a welcome break from a month long campaign of electioneering by more than 30 parties - one day ahead of their crucial elections.
The Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh was quiet on Saturday (July 25), as people stayed at home for fear of pre-election violence.
Shops were closed and security was highly visible on the streets, after campaigning eneded on Friday.
Election officials have been putting the finishing touches to polling stations in the capital.One station is on the site of Tuol Sleng, the notorious interrogation centre during the Khmer Rouge era where almost 14,000 people are believed to have died.
On Friday, the head of JIOG (Joint International Observer Groug), Sven Linder, said that the election had a good chance of being broadly representative, but said serious concerns remained over political killings and general intimidation.
At Cambodia central market in Phnom Penh, one vendor said he believed the election would be trouble-free because of the security organised by teams of international observers.
Another vendor said that if Hun Sen Cambodian People Party (CPP) won, then there would be no trouble, but if other parties made a strong showing, then problems could arise.
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