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Ok Socheat, the former advisor of F’pec president Keo Puth Reasmey, said that he had defected to the CPP and was offered a government position equivalent to that of a minister, The Cambodia Daily reported. Ok Socheat’s excuse to defect to the CPP: to ensure unity in the country in view of armed confrontation with Thailand. It should be noted that Hun Sen, CPP party vice-president, declared earlier that he did not want to see any armed confrontation with Thailand. Other top F’pec officials who defected to the CPP: Nou Kassie, former F’pec secretary of state at the ministry of Jusitce, Neav Sithong, former F’pec Justice ministers, and Serei Kosal who claimed that he had finished his mission with Funcinpec. Low level F’pec party members have also defected to the CPP in order “to keep their government jobs at the provincial and district level.” “They want to keep their positions and earn a living,” Ok Socheat was quoted as saying by The Cambodia Daily about these low level F’pec defectors. Lu Laysreng, F’pec party’s No. 1 vice-president said: “The party is weak, people are running away, it’s that simple.” It appears that the F’pec ship is currently taking in much water because not only the fat rats have jumped ship, but the teeny mice are also bailing out.
