Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s Ministry of theInterior on October 6 filed a complaint to the Supreme Court, requesting thedissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Fresh News, an online newspaper with the largest readershipin Cambodia, quoted a high-ranking official the Ministry of the Interior assaying that a group of lawyers on October 6 submitted a complaint to theSupreme Court to ask for the dissolution of the CNRP, after the complaints ofthe Cambodian Youth Party and the Funcinpec Party.
On October 4, the Cambodian Youth Party and theFuncinpec Party filed complaints to the Ministry of the Interior, asking forthe dissolution of the CNRP after its leader Kem Sokha was charged withtreason. The same day, the ministry’s spokesperson Khieu Sopheak confirmed thatit had received the complaints of the two parties.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 2 pledgedto take a hard line with treason, saying functional agencies will continueinvestigating and arresting individuals behind Kem Sokha’s acts against thenation.
Cambodian authorities arrested CNRP President KemSokha on September 3 for charges of treason.-VNA