Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Police criticised over KKrom

Camron Wells and Tharum Bun 

Phnom Penh Post


MUNICIPAL police officials on Tuesday called the representative of a group of 22 Khmer Krom asylum seekers to police headquarters in order to explain the rationale behind the decision to deny them identification cards, a move that has drawn the ire of civil society groups.

The representative, Thach Soong, attended the meeting along with the owner of the home where most members of the group have been staying since being deported from Thailand in December after a failed asylum bid.

Photo by: Sovan Philong Khmer Krom returnees from Thailand sit in a rental home in Boeung Tumpun commune last week.

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