The Cambodian-American for Human Rights and Democracy Association is urging all capable Cambodians to vote in July’s general election

Democracy Group Calls on Cambodians to Vote
By Taing Sarada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
26 May 2008

The Cambodian-American for Human Rights and Democracy Association is
urging all capable Cambodians to vote in July’s general election.



“Khmer people should change their leader through election,” said
association president Yap Kem Tung. “Don’t stay at home; your ballot
is very valuable to change the country.”



The Democracy Association was established to monitor the judicial,
political, rights and democracy sectors of Cambodia, he said, speaking
on the third anniversary of the group.



The association “is working hard to raise funds from Cambodia people
who live in America in order to help the Students’ Movement for
Democracy for opening an education session on human rights, democracy
and law to the Cambodian youths,” said Mong Heng, an adviser to the
association.



The association gave about $4,500 to the student’s group, he said.



The Democracy Association has 11 members, based in Virginia, and has
urged senators in Washington to help in the release of defrocked monk
Tim Sakhorn, who was detained by Vietnamese authorities in mid-2007
following his reported ejection from Cambodia.
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