Phnom Penh: Southeast Asian activists on Thursday cried foul over attempts by Cambodian authorities to derail their meetings just as the government prepares to host the Asean summit.
Their regional meeting in the Cambodian capital under the banner of the Asean Civil Society Conference and Asean People Forum was disrupted by local authorities in a manner similar to other events held by Cambodia’s grass roots organisation, the Asean Grassroots People’s Assembly, in many provinces.
Sam Sora, a core member of the assembly, said seminars which had been held at different venues in many provinces around the country were forced to be suspended or moved elsewhere.
They ended their meetings on Thursday and plan to march through the city on Friday in protest despite a government-imposed ban on all public protests.
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