Police Deny Arrest of 36 Montagnards

By Chris Mueller and Aun Pheap
March 3, 2015
The Cambodia Daily

The chief of police in Ratanakkiri province on Monday denied that authorities arrested 36 Montagnards, who the U.N. and local villagers say were deported to Vietnam last week while attempting to reach Phnom Penh to apply for asylum.

Wan-Hea Lee, country representative for the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Sunday that the group was arrested and deported on Wednesday.

An ethnic Jarai villager, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, said the group was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in Ratanakkiri’s Kon Mom district. The villager, who had been aiding the Montagnards since their arrival, said another local Jarai man was also arrested as he attempted to lead the group to Phnom Penh.

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