Students Stand Up for ‘Color Revolution’ Classmate

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Khmer Times/Taing Vida

A group of university students yesterday submitted petitions to Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Ministry of Justice demanding the release of Kong Raiya, a first-year university student arrested last August for comments he posted on Facebook calling for a Cambodian “color revolution.”

The petition was signed with six thumbprints by students at Khemarak University after he was arrested on August 21, 2015.

The student faces up to two years in prison if found guilty of inciting chaos.

His former classmates said Mr. Raiya was simply expressing his personal opinion as a freshman at the university when he made the remarks and had no idea of the exact meaning of the words “color revolution.” The petition added that Mr. Raiya did not have the means to incite chaos.

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