Victims of Cambodia’s coup
AT LEAST 41 people died in custody after Hun Sen seized power in Cambodia in July, according to a United Nations report. The figure may be as high as 60, says the UN cautiously. Although these figures do not compare in magnitude with the millions who died in 1975-79, when the Khmers Rouges ruled the land, there are in the latest slaughter horrific echoes of the earlier massacre. Some of the victims were shot, others beheaded or strangled. At least two were cut open, and their organs removed.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Victims of Cambodia’s coup”
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