By Kuch Naren and Elizabeth Tomei
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Anti-govemment pamphleteers struck again on Thursday night. scattering leaflets blaming Prime Minister Hun Sen for the death of former Khmer Rouge military chief Ta Mok and accusing the government of plotting to kill other surviving regime leaders, police said on Sunday.
The anonymously authored leaflets, scattered around the streets of Phnom Penh's Meanchey district accused the government of attempting to destroy vital Khmer Rouge tribunal evidence with the untimely demise of Ta Mok on July 21, Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Touch Naruth said.
The leaflets also alleged that a plot was afoot to eliminate former Khmer Rouge Brother Number 2 Nuon Chea, the regime's former foreign minister Ieng Sary and former head of state Khieu Samphan.
Touch Naruth said that his officers were hunting those responsible for the incendiary material.
"The government is not involved with the death of Ta Mok or trying to kill other former Khmer Rouge leaders. Ta Mok died because of a disease," Touch Naruth said. "We have the doctor's determination over the death," he said.
"The government supports the Khmer Rouge tribunal," Touch Naruth added.
Chum Savuth, Meanchey district's Chak Angre Leu commune police chief, confirmed that the anti-Hun Sen leaflets were distributed in his commune on Thursday night, but declined further comment.
Similar anti-Hun Sen leaflets accusing the government of a myriad of unsavory practices were previously scattered in three Phnom Penh districts in May, and again in Dangkao district in June, and in Chamkar Mon district in early July.
Touch Naruth said the culprits were politically motivated and attempting to stir up trouble ahead of the coming elections.
When the suspected pamphleteers are apprehended they will be presented to the public at a press conference. Touch Naruth added.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak also denied the allegations in the pamphlets and said the distribution of such material was illegal.
The anonymously authored leaflets, scattered around the streets of Phnom Penh's Meanchey district accused the government of attempting to destroy vital Khmer Rouge tribunal evidence with the untimely demise of Ta Mok on July 21, Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Touch Naruth said.
The leaflets also alleged that a plot was afoot to eliminate former Khmer Rouge Brother Number 2 Nuon Chea, the regime's former foreign minister Ieng Sary and former head of state Khieu Samphan.
Touch Naruth said that his officers were hunting those responsible for the incendiary material.
"The government is not involved with the death of Ta Mok or trying to kill other former Khmer Rouge leaders. Ta Mok died because of a disease," Touch Naruth said. "We have the doctor's determination over the death," he said.
"The government supports the Khmer Rouge tribunal," Touch Naruth added.
Chum Savuth, Meanchey district's Chak Angre Leu commune police chief, confirmed that the anti-Hun Sen leaflets were distributed in his commune on Thursday night, but declined further comment.
Similar anti-Hun Sen leaflets accusing the government of a myriad of unsavory practices were previously scattered in three Phnom Penh districts in May, and again in Dangkao district in June, and in Chamkar Mon district in early July.
Touch Naruth said the culprits were politically motivated and attempting to stir up trouble ahead of the coming elections.
When the suspected pamphleteers are apprehended they will be presented to the public at a press conference. Touch Naruth added.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak also denied the allegations in the pamphlets and said the distribution of such material was illegal.
1 comment:
I have a feeling that Hun Sen involved with the killing of Ta Mok and he will try to kill all the KP's leader because he was one of them and I don't think he wants anybody to know about his background. That's why he wouldn't let Ta Mok see a private doctor.
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