For decades, Cambodians here have been much more isolated from their fellow countrymen than from their Lao neighbors to the north.
Many Cambodian villagers took refuge in Siem Reap, while Thais moved to camps several kilometers away from the border.
Sam Chankea was charged with defamation, in May 2010, after giving an interview to Radio Free Asia on a land dispute case.
The residents of the neighborhood, known as Dey Krahorm, called for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down from power.
Moeuk Dara, secretary-general of the the National Authority to Combat Drugs, was put under arrest by the Ministry of Interior.
Under the Pol Pot regime, people were taught to keep silent, and often their survival depended on that silence.
Hun Hean, the recently demoted police chief of Banteay Meanchey province is being held on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Critics say the proposed law creates tangles of red tape that could be used to attack groups that don't follow the government line.
More than 700 people sought the free services of the doctors and medical staff on the first day, Monday.
Professor Sum Chhum Bun says the literature, arts and culture during the regime were used for Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Residents say they will sit at Freedom Park, for a week in search of mediation.
According to officials, more than 1,600 Cambodians died in road accidents in 2010.
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