And Then They Were 24…
A small group of peacefull activists from various human rights organisations and from IDEA, whose leader Voann Pov was severely beaten by Unit 911 on January 2nd and ended up in prison in Kompong Cham, tried to gather in front of Wat Unalom and then in front of the Royal Palace to demonstrate for the release of 23 people arrested during the violent crackdown of striking workers, and was pushed back to unprecise locations by helmeted municipal thugs (is there an official name for these helmeted men?). At the end of the push and shove session, Sok Chun Oeun, Vice President of IDEA, was arrested. They are now 24 in prison.
Correction: 23 in prison and 1 at the Phnom Penh Police station.
Update from 20/01/2014: Sok Chhun Oeung (corrected spelling) was freed this morning at 10:00AM
