RFA journalist is my spy: PM

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Prime Minister Hun Sen has exposed a well-known Radio Free Asia journalist critical of him as his own spy working for the government and asked military officers to protect him from being assassinated. Speaking on Friday with the Cambodian community in Sydney, Mr Hun Sen said RFA journalist Chun Chanboth, who is deputy-director of RFA’s US-based Khmer service, was his spy.

 

The premier added Mr Chanboth had asked for protection from Lieutenant General Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, and Brigade 70 commander Mao Sophann, because he feared that US agents would kill him. The popular RFA commentator, who is also known as Huot Vuthy, allegedly failed to disclose his profession when he signed into Prey Sar prison to visit detainees with a delegation of opposition CNRP officials in April 2017. He fled the country shortly after to escape a court appearance.

 

Mr Hun Sen said Mr Chanboth has met with Lt Gen Manet and asked him to protect him from being killed by US agents. “Do you know what Chun Chanboth said? He asked Lieutenant General Mao Sophan to protect him because he feared being killed by US agents – like Kem Ley was,” said Mr Hun Sen. “Chun Chanboth, do you swear that you have met with my son and with Lieutenant General Mao Sophann?”

 

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