CNRP funding investigation launched

The Ministry of Interior has launched an investigation into the opposition CNRP’s funding sources after the government-aligned Fresh News website posted a leaked document purporting to show that the party received funds from a foreign organisation. According to the Law on Political Parties, parties are banned from receiving funds from foreign organisations and foreign governments.

The leaked document posted to Fresh News and its accompanying article, claims that the CNRP received $390,000 from the Serbia-based Centre of Applied Non-violent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), which also conducted training courses for CNRP youth on strategy to topple the government in 2018. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak could not be reached for comment but spoke with Fresh News after the document and article were published.

Mr Sopheak told the outlet that an investigation into the CNRP’s funding sources had been launched after receiving reports that the opposition party had received funds from overseas to conduct political activities in Cambodia, violating the Law on Political Parties. “We have not determined if this information is real or not, we are just researching if it is real or false,” he said. “We have asked the National Police to investigate.”

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