Outcry over crackdown on critics


RIGHTS groups have criticised Cambodian authorities for the arrests of 94 people in a “heavy- handed” crackdown on critics of a regional economic development plan with Laos and Vietnam.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International accused Cambodia of “unlawfully” detaining critics concerned about land concessions and who said the “CLV Development Triangle Area” agreement unfairly benefitted foreign interests.

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