Cambodian Province Deports 4 Montagnards Back to Vietnam

Cambodian officials in eastern Ratanakiri province have deported four more Montagnards back to Vietnam despite protests from rights groups who say asylum claims were ignored. Provincial spokesman Moeung Sineat Wednesday told VOA's Khmer service that the four were illegal immigrants found hiding in the jungle and Cambodia has a right to send them back. “Generally if they entered Cambodia illegally we have to cooperate with Vietnam and send them back,” he said. The Montagnards,...

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