Two More CNRP Officials Request Return to Politics
19 May 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE PHOTO- Former Vice President of opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party Pol Ham, center left, prays together with his former party lawmaker Son Chhay, center right, during a Buddhist ceremony, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Two former CNRP officials banned from political activity have requested amnesty from the government, hoping to join with at least 22 former opposition members re-entering the political fray ahead of the June 2022 commune election.
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party Vice President Pol Ham and party official Phan Chansak, who is also Kem Sokha’s lawyer in the treason trial, requested a return to politics, according to a request letter dated May 17.
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