Party leader detained over military slurs

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The National Police arrested president of the nascent Khmer Power Party Sourn Serey Ratha yesterday evening after he posted messages on social media claiming Khmer forces would lose in a war against Laos and incited civil disobedience. The arrest came after a border confrontation between Laos and Cambodia in a disputed border area in Stung Treng province.

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen flew to Vientiane and held talks with his Lao counterpart on Saturday morning. Laos promised to withdraw its troops by yesterday. Mr Ratha, who was pardoned by the King in July 2015 after being sentenced to seven years in prison for involvement in a national conspiracy, wrote on Facebook on Saturday that, “when war happens to Laos, the result will not be different as the war with Thailand.

 

“The Khmer people and national military will die on the battlefield, the thieves will be promoted, collect money and enjoy with their women happily. “However, although we know it is a war to build up our status or position, the thief pretends to be our hero, to mislead us, Khmer people must unite, encourage, and help our nation’s national army, who sacrifice their bodies to defend our territory.”

 

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