Attack Against Sam Rainsy Party today

18th March 2008

Mr. Suon Sarorn, president of Samrainsy party in Baray district is arrested in the morning of March 18, 2008 and Mr. Chhorn Vuthy, president of SRP in Kampong Thom province are being surrounded by police forces a day after Hun Sen, Prime Minister said during an inauguration of pagoda in Prey Veng that his new party member (CPP) Mrs. Tim Norn is threat and detained illegally by SRP leader. Hun Sen ordered Mr. Sok Pheng to fact finding and looking for any people who had threatened Mrs.Tim Norn, former SRP commune councilor who defected to CPP on March 14, 2008 CPP. Mr. Sok Pheng, ex-SRP Member of Parliament who defected to CPP issued public statement that Tim Norn was arrested by SRP leader and detained in one house located at Phnom Penh Thmey, Phnom Penh. Human Rights group concluded that two arrested are innocent and Mrs. Tim Norn has mental problem ,and is also pressurized by CPP to attack against SRP leader. Mrs. Tim Norn is sent back to Kampong Thom to cooperate with police to investigate the threat case. Some leader of SRP is going to face of arrest by the government after investigation, human rights group concerned.

Primarily reported By Leng