CNRP Distances Itself From Threatened Social Media Activist

3 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Elections / Government / Social development
Cambodia National Rescue Party / CNRP / ICC / International Criminal Court / Kem Monovithya / Kem Sokha / Sam Rainsy

The opposition CNRP’s deputy public affairs director, Kem Monovithya, posted a statement to her official Facebook account on Saturday distancing the party from Thy Sovantha, a 19-year-old opposition activist with a large social media following, announcing that Ms. Sovantha was “not involved” with the CNRP. Last week, Ms. Sovantha was the target of death threats after her passport application, which included her home address, was posted on Facebook. She claims that the document was leaked by immigration police at the Ministry of Interior’s passport office. The CNRP statement posted by Ms. Monovithya was made in response to a post on Ms. Sovantha’s Facebook page, which has almost 200,000 followers, claiming that CNRP President Sam Rainsy had filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity. “The CNRP would like to clarify that Ms. Thy Sovantha is not involved with the CNRP,” the statement reads. “Mr. Sam Rainsy as well as the CNRP has not filed a lawsuit yet,” it continues, adding that a team of lawyers is still collecting evidence in the case. …

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