Wed Jun 11, 2008ABC Radio Australia
Cambodia's opposition leader has accused the government of having a newspaper publisher arrested to crack down on dissent ahead of next month's elections.
Dam Sith, the publisher of a daily Khmer-language newspaper and a parliamentary candidate in the upcoming poll, was arrested on Sunday.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says Dam Sith quoted him as saying that the country's deputy prime minister and foreign minister had a Khmer Rouge past.
Sam Rainsy says Dam Sith did nothing wrong in reporting a speech he made at a Khmer Rouge victims' commemoration in April.
Dam Sith, the publisher of a daily Khmer-language newspaper and a parliamentary candidate in the upcoming poll, was arrested on Sunday.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says Dam Sith quoted him as saying that the country's deputy prime minister and foreign minister had a Khmer Rouge past.
Sam Rainsy says Dam Sith did nothing wrong in reporting a speech he made at a Khmer Rouge victims' commemoration in April.
