Monovithya appeals to US officials

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Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean

 

Kem Monovithya, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha and a CNRP official, met with United States officials yesterday to discuss the possibility of further sanctions on the Cambodian government if measures taken in an ongoing political crackdown are not reversed.

 

“The US government made it very clear to the Cambodian government that there will be more actions taken if no reverse of course,” she said in a message yesterday.

 

Monovithya, whose father has been held in a Tbong Khmum province prison since September 3 on “treason” charges, met with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State W Patrick Murphy and pressed for “individual financial sanctions”.

 

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