Bov Sophea, a Boeung Kak lake community resident and activist, clashes with police during a demonstration in front of Phnom Penh’s City Hall yesterday. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

A Boeung Kak lake activist miscarried after allegedly being kicked in the stomach by security guards during a land-rights protest in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday, she said.

Khek Chan Raksmey, 33, who was more than two months pregnant, said City Hall security guards kicked her in the stomach, causing her to bleed and fall to the ground.

“I lost my baby, and I am suffering so much now,” she said, adding that a doctor had told her the blows inflicted on her could prevent her from giving birth in the future.

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – July 02, 2013)