CNRP member arrested in Takeo

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Meas Sokchea

A member of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was arrested at the weekend in Takeo province for distributing documents ripped from Facebook that allegedly detail Vietnamese plans to grab Cambodian territory, another party member in the province confirmed yesterday.

Chhea Taing Sorn, the executive deputy president of the party’s branch in Takeo’s Prey Kabbas district, was arrested on Saturday by provincial authorities after he was questioned over his alleged distribution of leaflets on Vietnamese land-grabbing. He is currently detained at the Takeo provincial police station on charges of “disrupting social security”.

“He was accused of [passing out] documents that he took from Facebook about Vietnam,” said Mao Sophal, the CNRP’s executive president in Takeo. “[Police] accused him of affecting social security.”

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