CNRP official invokes possibility of protests if Sokha is arrested

Cambodia National Rescue Party acting president Kem Sokha will not attend his trial next week, his daughter and party official Kem Monovithya told supporters in the US, while also raising the prospect of demonstrations in the event of her father’s arrest.

Speaking in Lowell, Massachusetts, over the weekend, the CNRP’s deputy head of public affairs also appealed for the international community to support the opposition’s beleaguered leaders.

Sokha has been holed up for three months at CNRP’s headquarters to avoid arrest. He has been charged with “refusal to appear” for shunning a court request to answer questions about his alleged affair with a hairdresser. A trial has been set for September 9.

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