August 29, 2012
By Greg Mellen
Staff Writer
Long Beach resstelegram.com
Posted: 08/28/2012 08:36:30 PM PDT
3:37 AM GMTUpdated: 08/28/2012 08:36:37 PM PDT
Greg Mellen
By Greg Mellen
Staff Writer
Long Beach resstelegram.com
Posted: 08/28/2012 08:36:30 PM PDT
3:37 AM GMTUpdated: 08/28/2012 08:36:37 PM PDT
Greg Mellen
Former Cambodian human rights advocate and now political opposition
leader Kem Sokha will meet with supporters and interested residents
Thursday.
The 59-year-old activist- turned-politician is the leader of the
Human Rights Party in Cambodia. Recently, Sokha’s party and the
opposition Sam Rainsy Party submitted an application to the Ministry of
Interior to form a new party called Cambodia National Rescue Party in
order to compete in the general election in July next year.
The consolidated party hopes to make inroads against the ruling
Cambodia People’s Party, which holds majorities in both the Cambodian
National Assembly and Senate.
With Rainsy in exile and facing an arrest warrant after he was
charged for his involvement with a protest on the Vietnamese border,
Sokha becomes the in-country face of the new party.
Between 2002 and 2006, Kem was well-known for his human rights activism and sharp criticism of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
He will meet with Long Beach residents at 6 p.m. Thursday at La Lune Restaurant, 2801 E. Spring St. A $15 donation is requested.
For more information, call Tippana Tith, 562-314-9882.
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