Shooting in Service of the State—Order vs Law

By Alex Willemyns

The Cambodia Daily, Nov. 21, 2013



From police officials to a government spokesman, the message was clear last week: The shooting dead of Eng Sokhom, a 49-year-old food vendor, and the injuring of nine others during violent clashes in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district was in the service of protecting the state.



Police have denied responsibilityfor shooting the street