Activist monk ‘in hiding’, says friend

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Lay Samean

But Buntenh, an activist monk and member of the funeral committee for slain political analyst Kem Ley, has gone into hiding after receiving a tip off that he was being hunted by authorities, according to a friend and local media reports.

Tim Malay, head of the Cambodia Youth Network, said he had spoken to his friend Buntenh on the phone at about 3pm yesterday. He said the outspoken founder of the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice had told him he was in a “safe place”.

“This is the issue of those who want to threaten freedom of our expression,” Malay said, adding Buntenh was still in Cambodia when he made the call.

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