Kem Sokha Accused of Denying Flood Aid to CPP Voters
A village chief in Kompong Cham province’s flooded Tonle Bit commune Thursday accused opposition leader Kem Sokha of refusing to provide emergency supplies to CPP supporters during a donation run on Tuesday. Prek Touch village chief Sar Bora said that Mr. Sokha, vice president of the CNRP, had given donations to 120 families in neighboring Yeay Sar village, but only to those who identified themselves as opposition supporters. “This party gave donations to its supporters only, not to general victims,” he said. Mr. Bora said that a team from the ruling CPP had arrived later on Tuesday at a demarcated “safety area” near Yeay Sar village and indiscriminately provided donations of rice to 102 families who had been affected by the floods. He added that Catholic aid organization Caritas had also distributed donations to more than 100 families in the safety area, but that other aid organizations had yet to visit. … Mao Monivan—who along with Mr. Sokha was elected as a CNRP lawmaker for Kompong Cham in the July 28 national election—confirmed that Mr. Sokha had visited the safety area on Tuesday morning but denied that the CNRP leader had purposely not given aid to CPP supporters. …
