Phnom Penh (FN), Nov. 30 – Kem Samathida, the youngest daughter of former president of the court-dissolved opposition party Kem Sokha, exposed Sam Rainsy on Twitter, saying that Sam Rainsy and his entourages have been exploiting his father and family relentlessly since the arrest of her father in 2017.

“Ever since the arrest of my father, Sam Rainsy's closest allies launched constant smear campaigns against him and our family on Khmer social media. We were never allow to defend ourselves for the so-called unity,” she wrote on her Twitter on Tuesday.

“If your cause involves abusing your partner and silencing those defending themselves, then you're not fighting for democracy. You're fighting for your preferred dictatorship. I will no longer accept any misinformation spread through mouthpieces & uninformed & biased outlets.”

“My family put up with Rainsy's smears for decades, from racist false claim that we were Vietnamese to sexist attacks on my sister following my father's arrest. Any self-proclaimed anti-racist and feminist who defends Rainsy should be known as the hypocritical fool they are,” she added.

Samathida continued that, “4/4 To the unethical journalist who wrote that my father told his party to not use his name, the Candle Light Party is not his party. Rainsy is a person.”

Kem Sokha recently announced that he and convict Sam Rainsy are not as one, and warned Rainsy to stop using his images and name to serve Rainsy’s political ambitions.
=FRESH NEWS