Rainsy faces defamation charge for post about PM's ‘likes’

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Niem Chheng and Shaun Turton

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been hit with yet another defamation case for publishing instructions, purportedly from a CPP official, asking ruling party members to create Facebook accounts to bolster Prime Minister Hun Sen’s fan base on the site.

On Wednesday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party president uploaded to his Facebook page a message purportedly from Hak Sok Makara, under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, which relays instructions from Sam Soeun, a Cambodian People’s Party cabinet member, for the party’s rank-and-file.

Members are told to promote the premier’s Facebook page at “all meetings”, ensure all members “like” his page and “unlike” Rainsy’s page, and to organise “technical working groups” to create accounts to “like” Hun Sen.

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