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| A group of woman-protesters (Photo: Michael Duong) |
25 September 2010By Chun ChanbotrRadio Free AsiaTranslated from Khmer by SoyDuring Hun Xen’s visit to New York for a meeting, Cambodian communities from a number of US states and from Canada held a demonstration in front of the UN headquarters as well.
KI-Media Note: The demonstrators were heard shouting: “Down with the thieves of the nation!”, “Down with the thieves who rob their own people's land!”, “Down with those who use the court to oppress human rights!”, “Down with the corrupt!”, “Down with the Viet stooges!”. A woman by the name of Thavary who was present in the demonstration said: “I want Mr. Hun Xen, the strongman, the ‘cheung khlang’ [thug] man who uses the law to sit on, to open his eye and look at the suffering of the people.” She then led the shouting: “Hun Xen's dictatorship will fail!
