Since the events of early July, there has been a general lack of information concerning the circumstances and contributing factors leading up to and including the actions taken on 5-6 July 1997 in Cambodia. No reliable report exists concerning the prelude to the breakdown of civil order, the nature of the fighting in Phnom Penh, or the results of the investigations after the disturbance was over.

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