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muriel_volestrangler

(101,329 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2013, 09:04 AM Sep 2013

Mass protest in Cambodia against election results

Thousands of Cambodians are protesting, for the second weekend in a row, against the ruling party's narrow election win in July.

The mass rally is led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy. He has called for an investigation into the ballot, claiming Prime Minister Hun Sen rigged the vote.

The demonstration comes a day after a meeting between both men failed to resolve the political deadlock.
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Up to 20,000 activists, workers and monks gathered in a public park in Phnom Penh under the watchful eye of of riot police on Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24098788
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