En marchant sur les traces de Duterte, Hun Sen lance une guerre contre la drogue

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En marchant sur les traces de Duterte, Hun Sen lance une guerre contre la drogue

14 février 2017

Le premier ministre cambodgien, Hun Sen, a lancé une nouvelle guerre contre la drogue, dans le but d’atténuer un pic de dépendance et de trafic. Il a assuré aux citoyens qu’il n’y aurait pas d’assassinat du même genre que ceux qu’il y a eu aux Philippines.

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By David Hutt

Cambodia’s newly launched war on drugs is in full swing, with nearly 3,000 people arrested in the campaign’s first month of crime-busting. Authorities claim they have confiscated over 9kg of illegal drugs in busts on dealers and users, with more than half the haul being crystal methamphetamine, one of the country’s most prevalent and abused narcotics.

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government announced the campaign in December shortly after a state visit by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has made global waves through his violent execution of an anti-drugs drive that has seen more than 7,000 deaths.

Cambodian officials have said their campaign was launched in response to a nearly 30% rise in the number of documented drug addicts last year, according to official data.

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