Ley probe silence fuelling distrust

A cover-up was inevitable. That was the view of the thousands who turned out, grieving, to the Caltex petrol station on July 10 after learning that Kem Ley had been shot dead inside at point-blank range.

“It’s the car of the killer,” mourners chanted upon the arrival of an ambulance from the Cambodian Red Cross, a body run by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife, as they blocked efforts by authorities to take the corpse for fear they would sanitise a murder they saw as political.

The outspoken political analyst’s body lay inside the service station for about six hours until the agitated crowd of about 5,000 overwhelmed the police and carried the body to the safety of his family’s pagoda and away from anyone who might attempt a cover-up.

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