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Article

23 Sep 2013

Author:
Human Rights Watch

Cambodia: Drop Case Against Men Framed for Murder

The Cambodian government should drop its case against two men wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for the 2004 murder of labor leader Chea Vichea…The Supreme Court will re-hear the case against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun on September 25, 2013...The January 22, 2004 killing of Chea Vichea, leader of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia, came amidst a violent crackdown by the Cambodian government to suppress the country’s independent labor movement…After Chea Vichea’s murder in 2004, police arrested [the two men]...but it soon became clear that both were being used as scapegoats.

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