Media reports say Cambodian opposition leader is incarcerated in a prison near the Vietnam border

Record ID: 909380

  • Title: Media reports say Cambodian opposition leader is incarcerated in a prison near the Vietnam border
  • Date: 6th September 2017
  • Summary: TBOUNG KHMUM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (REUTERS) ROAD IN FRONT OF CORRECTIONAL CENTER 3 PRISON SIGN THAT READING (English) " CORRECTIONAL CENTER 3" VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN STANDING AND SLEEPING ON HAMMOCKS IN FRONT OF THE PRISON A GROUP OF POLICEMEN GUARDING OUTSIDE THE PRISON PRISON ENTRANCE POLICEMEN GUARDING GATE IN FRONT OF PRISON VILLAGE HOUSE RESIDENTS UNDER HOUSE WOMAN AND HER SON SLEEPING IN HAMMOCK 41-YEAR-OLD VILLAGER CHHORN SINUON SITTING UNDER HER HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) 41 YEAR-OLD VILLAGER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER CHHORN SINUON SAYING: "It is normal for me if there is an election in the future I would vote with my heart for whom I love and no one can force me to vote for them." VILLAGERS HAVING LUNCH FOOD IN FRONT OF VILLAGERS 54-YEAR-OLD VILLAGER HUON SAM ATH EATING LUNCH (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) 54 YEAR-OLD VILLAGER HUON SAM ATH SAYING: "I really want our politicians to not fight with each other and working together to develop our country." VILLAGE HOUSE
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2017 08:56
  • Keywords: Kem Sokha Correctional Center 3 prison arrest Hun Sen elections
  • Location: TBOUNG KHMUM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA
  • City: TBOUNG KHMUM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA
  • Country: Cambodia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016XGJOSL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha is being held in Correctional Center 3 near the Vietnamese border, local media reported.
    On Wednesday (September 6), security forces were noticeably present in front of the prison gate and photographers were told not to take photos of the building. The reports of his incarceration could not be confirmed.
    The arrest of Kem Sokha on Sunday (September 3) drew Western condemnation and marked an escalation in a crackdown on critics of Hun Sen, who has ruled for 30 years and could face possibly his toughest electoral challenge from the CNRP next year.
    Kem Sokha was formally charged with treason on Tuesday (September 5). His lawyers have dismissed the evidence presented against him so far - a video publicly available since 2013 - in which he tells supporters he is getting support and advice from Americans for the campaign to win elections.
    Residents around the prison were reluctant to speak of Kem Sokha but said they would vote for whoever they wanted for the country's next elections.
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