By Sam Rainsy
October 30, 2011
After three years in hiding in a neighboring country to escape arrest by the Cambodian police, Mr. Kong Kiet, 51, his wife and their three children finally landed this week in the USA where they will be resettled as political refugees.
Three years ago, a few days after the July 27, 2008 national election that gave a “landslide victory” to the ruling CPP, I met for the first time with Mr. Kong Kiet who was a resident of Boeung Tumpun commune in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district.
Mr. Kong Kiet was not registered as a voter in his commune of residence. However, he was able to cast a ballot for the CPP. His story is not an isolated case but reflects the pattern of a massive
election trick that contributed nationwide to the CPP victory.
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