Keeping Vigil
Cambodia Daily Weekend | 30 July 2016
For evidence of how dangerous it is to be an outspoken political
analyst in Cambodia, Hang Vitou doesn’t need to look very far. His
mentor, Kem Ley, was shot dead at a Phnom Penh gas station earlier this
month over what most believe was his forthright criticism of the
government.
“He used to talk. He said, ‘When I speak the truth, I never thought I would stay alive,” said Mr. Vitou, 26.
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