PM’s son threatens lawsuits over attack allegations

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Vong Sokheng and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

In an apparent attempt to distance himself from the savage beating of two opposition party lawmakers last month, Hun Sen’s son and ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Hun Many threatened legal action against any individuals linking him to the incident.

Many, who published his warning on Facebook on Saturday, was ostensibly responding to images circulating online showing Many alongside suspected assailants of the two Cambodian National Rescue Party lawmakers, who still remain hospitalised in Bangkok.

The statement, which claimed to respond to “allegations which are exaggerations and cast blame to affect my [Many’s] honour and dignity”, said that the decision to take “legal measures” against alleged detractors was taken in consultation with Many’s youth group, the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC).

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