Deadly mob justice thrives in Cambodia
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Deadly mob justice thrives in Cambodia
Police officers stand guard at the Supreme Court during a hearing to decide whether to dissolve the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 16, 2017. — Reuters pic
18 July 2019
Deadly mob justice is a “chronic social disease” in Cambodia, a justice official said today at the launch of a UN report which highlights the fatal consequences stemming from Cambodians’ distrust of the justice system.
“The killings outside of a court system is a challenging problem,” said Chin Malin, secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, at the launch of the report by the UN’s rights arm (OHCHR).“We consider it to be a chronic social disease of Cambodia... that we all have to work together to resolve,” he said."
"The report, titled “People’s Court”, detailed 73 cases of so-called “popular justice” from 2010 to 2018, with 57 cases resulting in death.Of those, 35 cases occurred because victims were believed to be “witches or sorcerers” and seen as “scapegoats for a variety of problems” in rural provinces — where belief in black magic remains strong."
"Authorities have “to be very clear that it is a criminal act... and it is not acceptable,” said OHCHR representative Simon Walker, addressing police officers and officials at the report’s launch."
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Re: Deadly mob justice thrives in Cambodia
Things have calmed down a lot since they got rid of all those sorcerers, most of my village no longer have head H or stomach H.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
Re: Deadly mob justice thrives in Cambodia
FFs what century are we in again,
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