January 21, 2008
Cambodian police blocked Mia Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one point forcefully pushing her group away from a barricade. Farrow -- on a tour to call attention to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and to pressure China, one of Sudan's major trading partners -- was prevented from entering the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian government, which has strong economic and political ties with China, accused the actress of having "a political agenda against China," rather than a humanitarian motive.
Cambodian police blocked Mia Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony Sunday at a Khmer Rouge prison, at one point forcefully pushing her group away from a barricade. Farrow -- on a tour to call attention to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and to pressure China, one of Sudan's major trading partners -- was prevented from entering the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian government, which has strong economic and political ties with China, accused the actress of having "a political agenda against China," rather than a humanitarian motive.
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