Cambodian authorities arrested more than 20 political and youth activists over the weekend in a bid to forestall planned protests against an economic agreement with Laos and Vietnam, according to local media reports.
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CambojaNews reported yesterday that police made 19 arrests on Saturday night, including three officials from the opposition Candlelight Party and 16 “social youths,” followed by four members of an organization called the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association at their office yesterday morning. This came after at least 14 more arrests were reported last week. Posts on social media also suggest that the authorities made a number of arrests outside the Royal Palace yesterday.
All of the arrests relate to a protest that was planned in the capital Phnom Penh yesterday to demand that the government withdraw from the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Triangle Development Area, a free trade agreement that was signed in 1999 and entered into force in 2004.
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/at-least-20-arrested-in-cambodia-for-protests-against-economic-pact/
