Thomas Miller
The Phnom Penh Post
A Ministry of Interior official who has been central to the drafting of the government’s NGO law lashed out today at a United States diplomat for comments he made about the controversial legislation on a visit this week, while talks with NGOs continued at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a letter to Daniel Baer, deputy assistant secretary in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labour at the US State Department, Nouth Sa An, secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, said he was “disappointed” by Baer’s remarks on the law, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Post.
“The consultation is still ongoing between the Government and the NGOs,” Nouth Sa An wrote.
“Your statement ‘we don’t see the need for the law at this point’ now has broken the consultation process.”
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