Alleged Kratie ‘secessionist’ arrested
Police in the capital yesterday arrested the alleged leader of a “secessionist plot”, Beehive Radio station director Mam Sonando, who had already been abroad for two months when hundreds of security personnel stormed a Kratie province village in May. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told the Post that the Association of Democrats president, who arrived back in the country on Thursday after spending time in the US and France, was charged with plotting against public civil servants, insurrection, interference in the fulfilment of public duties and inciting people to use weapons against authorities. Sonando’s wife, Din Phanara, said that police surrounded the house yesterday morning, and entered while her husband was dressing. …
