Activist sent fleeing after report on graft

An opposition activist in Siem Reap province’s Varin district said he has fled his home upon receiving word that men in military dress were asking about his whereabouts after he spoke to the press about allegations of military corruption stuffed into a ballot box on election day.

Cambodia National Rescue Party district working group chief Chhoeum Bun Chung said yesterday that he had received a phone call informing him that two men wearing what appeared to be military fatigues had been looking for him at his home on July 31. …

Chhuy Vantha, human rights investigator for Licadho, said she and an Adhoc officer had gone to Varin to investigate on Friday after receiving complaints from Bun Chung. …

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