Cambodian volleyball federation president ‘ran death squads’ during late 90s, report claims

Volleyball’s international governing body, FIVB, is facing calls to sever ties with the president of the Cambodia national federation after The Independent learned he stands accused of presiding over extrajudicial killings and torture.

The man in question, Cambodian national police commissioner and volleyball federation president Neth Savoeun, was among eleven other senior generals christened Cambodia’s “Dirty Dozen” in a Human Rights Watch report last year. The report highlighted their role in propping up Cambodian prime minister HE, who has governed the country in one guise or other since 1984. In service of maintaining the premier’s grip on power, all 12 participated in and ordered serious human rights abuses, according to the report.

While FIVB said it was “important not to pre-judge” the allegations against Savoeun, it promised to review them following publication of this article.....
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FIFA doesn t pre-judge either as Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Deputy Commander-in-chief Sao Sokhais the President of Fédération du Cambodge de Football