CCHR PRESS
RELEASE – Phnom Penh, 22 November 2012
Two Years On From The Koh Pich Tragedy, CCHR Re-Releases Its November
2011 Report As Victims Are Still Denied Answers
On the second anniversary of the Koh Pich Tragedy, when over 350
people died in a deadly crush on the Koh Pich Bridge in Phnom Penh during the
2010 Water Festival, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is
re-releasing its November 2011 report (“The
Koh Pich Tragedy: One Year On, Questions Remain”) (the “Report”), which
explores the events of the night of 22 November 2010.
The Report sets out the conflicting accounts of the facts of that
night, examines the response of the authorities to the incident, and identifies
a number of unanswered questions.
The Report does not attempt to provide a definitive version of what
happened; rather it raises a number of questions arising from the event,
considers the conflicting accounts of that night, and attempts to make some
tentative recommendations as to what safeguards could be put in place to ensure
that there is no repeat of the events of 22 November 2010 in the future.
CCHR President Ou Virak comments:
“On the second anniversary of this tragic incident, our thoughts are
first and foremost with the victims and their families.
However, this date is also a sobering reminder that the victims have
still not received any explanation from the authorities as to what actually
happened. Our report last year
highlighted many of our concerns, and yet nothing further has been done. The victims deserve better than this,
and the scary thing is that, without a proper inquiry, there is no guarantee
that a similar tragedy won’t happen again. Are transparency and accountability too much to ask for? ”
For more information, please contact Ou Virak via
telephone at +855 (0) 1240 4051 or e-mail at ouvirak@cchrcambodia.org or Senior Consultant Robert Finch via
telephone at +855 (0) 7880 9960 or e-mail at robert.finch@cchrcambodia.org.
Please find this Press Release and the Report attached in PDF format in both Khmer and English.
Kind regards,
CCHR
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