CNRP reacts to Manet’s US recruitment drive

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Mech Dara and Shaun Turton

Amid an “aggressive” push by the ruling party to woo Cambodians abroad led by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son, Hun Manet, recent moves suggest the opposition is taking no chances in letting a traditionally strong grip on the diaspora slip through its fingers.

In December, senior Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang embarked on a 25-day criss-cross tour of North America, while popular singer and opposition activist Sophorn Larry is also meeting supporters across the continent.

Though the party maintains it is “not concerned” by a concerted CPP push, a letter from one of the party’s main North American fundraising networks in October specifically asked the party to dispatch the duo to counter recent trips by Manet, saying the ruling party’s “aggressive” drive on to its turf needs to be “dealt with”.

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