August 19, 2008

Incident showing the pattern of the issuing of forged 1018 forms nationwide

The incident is detailed in an article titled "Hearing at NEC to decide on complaints related to 1018 forms" published in Koh Santepheap, August 18, 2008 . See original article in Khmer at http://tinyurl.com/55ugvv

The incident which took place in Kokor [not Krokor as written in the article] commune, Kampong Seam district, Kampong Cham province shows the pattern of the issuing of forged 1018 voter ID forms by the CPP local authorities nationwide. SRP activists succeeded in preventing a CPP village chief and his deputy from illegally issuing 1018 forms to approximately 40 to 50 persons on Voting Day. The venue planned for the last-minute distribution of the forged 1018 forms was a pagoda near a polling station in Kokor Pi village. The village chief confessed that he brought the forms to the pagoda on July 27 under the instructions of the CPP commune chief. The half-filled forms were going to be completed on the spot and handed to illegitimate voters.

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