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Political Motives Seen Behind Cancelled Cambodian Water Festival


Political Motives Seen Behind Cancelled Cambodian Water Festival
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For the fourth time in the five years since more than 350 people were killed in a stampede at Cambodia’s annual water festival, authorities canceled the event this year. Officials blamed environmental reasons as the cause, but many see it as fallout from rising political tensions with a fresh wave of ruling party intimidation against the opposition. David Boyle and Kimlong Meng report from Phnom Penh.

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