Rainsy stands by Namhong accusation

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Meas Sokchea, Taing Vida and Daniel Pye

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday repeated allegations that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong was responsible for collaborating with his Khmer Rouge captors at the Boeung Trabek prison camp between 1975 and 1979, leading to the murder and torture of numerous inmates.

Rainsy, who is in the Philippines, postponed a planned return to Cambodia on Monday after a warrant was issued for his arrest over a defamation ruling stemming from similar comments he made in 2008, for which he could face a two-year prison term.

The Cambodia National Rescue Party president likened Namhong’s role at the Boeung Trabek camp to that of a “kapo” – prisoners in Nazi concentration camps selected by the SS to supervise their fellow inmates, who were known for their brutality towards other prisoners – a comparison he has previously made in relation to the allegations.

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