Just one month after Cambodia general election in 2018, Meach Sovanarra, former opposition figure and other 13 members of opposition party and activists were released from Prey Sar Prison after being pardoned by the King as requested by Prime Minister Hun Sen during early Tuesday morning on 28th August, 2018. They had been charged with leading riots near Freedom Park at Wat Phnom since July, 2014. To cheer on their freedom, they came to receive blessing from monks at Wat Chas in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Meach Sovanarra, former opposition figure, receives blessing from monks in Wat Chas after being pardoned by the King on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Activists and members of the opposition party that were pardoned by the King receive blessing by monks in Wat Chas on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Activists and members of the opposition party that were pardoned by the King receive blessing by monks in Wat Chas on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Activists and members of the opposition party gives interview to reporters after receiving blessing by monks in Wat Chas on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Activists and members of the opposition party gives interview to reporters after receiving blessing by monks in Wat Chas on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Neou Vannarin/VOA Khmer)
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Activists and members of the opposition party gives interview to reporters after receiving blessing by monks in Wat Chas on 28th August, 2018 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Neou Vannarin/VOA Khmer)
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Luon Sovath, monk activist, is filming in front of Correctional Center 1 in the evening of 27th August, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Supporters are waiting for the release of activists and opposition party members in front of Correctional Center 1 in the evening of 27th August, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer
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Supporters are waiting for the release of activists and opposition party members in front of Correctional Center 1 in the evening of 27th August, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)
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Supporters are waiting for the release of activists and opposition party members in front of Correctional Center 1 in the evening of 27th August, 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Tum Malis/VOA Khmer)