Beauty Shop Owner Sues CNRP for Vandalism

The owner of a Phnom Penh beauty products shop has filed a complaint against some of the CNRP’s top brass, claiming they incited demonstrators to vandalize her business and caused $200,000-worth of damage on Sunday evening. Chhim Vattey, owner and director of Clinique De Beaute Luxe on Norodom Boulevard, on Wednesday recreated the scene outside the three-story building for journalists and Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong, who promised to help repair the damage. … “I filed a complaint [with Phnom Penh Municipal Court] against the demonstrators and the CNRP leaders including Sam Rainsy, Kem Sokha and Mu Sochua because they incited to cause this problem,” Ms. Vattey said. “You can see the damage and we have evidence from security cameras.” … A motorcycle taxi driver, who claimed to see the clash but asked to remain anonymous, said that Ms. Vattey’s shop was barricaded-in by razor-wire and that she had instigated the fracas. “The people got angry with her because she insulted them and put barbed-wire in front of her shop to block the people from driving past,” he said. Asked about the complaint, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said he had no knowledge of the incident and condemned those involved. …

 Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
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