Starting on October 23, the opposition party’s protest aimed tosubmit a petition that asked the UN and the signatories of the 1991Paris Peace Agreement for Cambodia to intervene and reviewirregularities in the country’s fifth legislature election in July, aswell as ensure the validity of the agreement.
CNRP PresidentSam Rainsy on October 25 led a march of protestors to the embassies ofAustralia, Russia , Japan , Indonesia and China tohand over the petition.
Earlier, on October 23 theprotestors marched to the United Nations Human Rights office inCambodia to deliver the petition. On October 24 they also went to theembassies of France , the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Cambodian Interior Ministry allowed the CNRP to stagethe demonstration from October 23 at the park during daytime only, andgroups of up to 1,000 only were permitted. However, about 30,000protestors joined the gathering.
About 1,000 policemen and military personnel were deployed to ensure order and security during the protest.-VNA