Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Lindsay Murdoch (TheAge.com.au)
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| Cambodian protesters throw stones at police in Phnom Penh, Sept. 15, 2013 (AFP). |
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| Discoveries in the jungle (WQ) |
Police fired smoke grenades and water cannons in clashes with
hundreds of demonstrators on Phnom Penh's waterfront on Sunday evening,
leaving one protester dead and hundreds injured, amid heightened
tensions in the Cambodian capital over the country's disputed national
elections.
Opposition supporters are threatening to continue mass
rallies ahead of the first scheduled session of parliament on September
23 which opposition leaders have declared they will boycott.
"Our vote is our life...they stole our votes; it's like stealing our lives."
Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue
Party (CNRP), told about 20,000 protestors at a Sunday rally that
opposition MPs will refuse to attend parliament unless the government of
strongman prime minister Hun Sen allows an independent investigation
into allegations of widespread vote rigging at the July 28 poll. More
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