Funcinpec calls for coup justice years after 'coup'

Twenty years on from the day Prime Minister Hun Sen seized power from co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Funcinpec is seeking justice for party officials killed in the coup. Funcinpec vice-president You Hok Kry told local media the party will never forget those killed in the events of July 5-6, 1997, insisting the government investigate the deaths.

Mr Hun Sen has always maintained he was forced to take power from Prince Ranariddh, who had allegedly been planning a takeover with the help of Khmer Rouge fighters and foreign weapons, smuggled into the capital. “We have not forgotten it. We still remember and we will continue to push for an investigation and justice for those who lost their lives,” Mr Hok Kry said.

According to the United Nations, between 41 and 60 Funcinpec officials were killed. However, officials from the Ministry of Interior maintain there will be no investigation into the deaths.

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