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Wednesday 22 September 2010

Former oppositiom MP appointed spokesman for the Anti-Corruption Commission


By Khmerization
Source: Kampuchea Thmey

Mr. Keo Remy (pictured), deputy spokesman for the Press and Quick Reaction Unit and a former MP for the Funcinpec Party and later MP for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, has been appointed spokesman for the newly-created Anti-Corruption Commission headed by Om Yintieng, senior advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Mr. Keo Remy has confirmed that he has been appointed to the position at a joint meeting on Tuesday.

Keo Remy was an outspoken MP when he serves in the Funcinpec Party and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP). He joined Funcinpec in the 1990s and was elected MP in 1998. Before the 2003 election, he defected to the SRP and was elected MP where he remain an outspoken critic of the government. Just before the 2008 election, he defected to the Human Rights Party but failed to win a parliamentary seat in the Phnom Penh constituency. Shortly after the 2008 election, he against defected to the ruling Cambodian People's Party where he was appointed Secretary of State at the Council of Ministers.

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