BREAKING: Police attempting to arrest Kem Sokha

Thu, 26 May 2016

Post Staff

Armed police have attempted to arrest opposition leader Kem Sokha this morning, according to the lawmaker’s chief of cabinet, Muth Chanta.

Chanta said police surrounded the lawmaker's car while it was being driven in Phnom Penh. Reports on Facebook say the incident happened on Norodom Boulevard, near Boeung Keng Kang market.

“Armed police surrounded his car at a red light, they intended to arrest but he was not in the car,” Chanta said before hanging up.

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Cambodia: Opposition leader in ‘safe place’ after attempted arrest

by Asian Correspondent Staff |

26th May 2016| @ascorrespondent

Cambodian police attempted to arrest opposition leader Kem Sokha earlier today. Pic: AP.

THE most senior opposition leader in Cambodia is reportedly evading authorities who stormed his party’s headquarters and his car in an attempted arrest this morning.

Local reports said Kem Sokha, who is Cambodia National Rescue Party’s acting president and No. 2 opposition leader, is in a “safe place”, according to a party official.

The opposition has called on the international community to condemn the police’s attempts to nab Sokha.

Witnesses said armed security forces surrounded the car of the opposition leader this morning in an apparent attempt to apprehend him.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is in exiled in France, said police also entered the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) headquarters looking for his deputy. However, Kem Sokha was not in the car or at the headquarters, and the policemen left empty-handed.

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