Gov’t Official Says UN Envoy’s Reports Favor Opposition

Om Yentieng, president of the government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee, yesterday accused U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi of pandering to the opposition party and trying to stifle the work of the national court system through his examination of Cambodia’s rights situation. Mr. Yentieng, who also heads the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), likened Mr. Subedi’s latest reports on human rights in Cambodia to electioneering in favor of the opposition. … Despite his dislike of Mr. Subedi’s reports, Mr. Yentieng said it was unlikely that the U.N. envoy would be replaced. …