Remembering March 30, 1997
March 31, 2009
Human Rights Watch plays “Where Are They Now?” with the principals of the infamous grenade attack.
Twelve years after a grenade attack on an opposition party rally that killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 100, the Cambodian government has still taken no steps to bring the perpetrators to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch criticized the recent promotions of officials suspected of involvement in that attack.
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On the day of the grenade attack, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit, Brigade 70, was, for the first time, deployed at a demonstration.
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The commander of Brigade 70 at the time, Huy Piseth, who ordered the deployment of Brigade 70 forces to the scene that day, is now undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Defense. Hing Bunheang, who was deputy commander of Brigade 70 at the time and who threatened to kill journalists investigating the case, was promoted to deputy military commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in January 2009.
And so it goes.
