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            Cambodia Opposition Gathers Evidence to Contest Election

   by VOA News

   Cambodia's opposition party will meet with its supporters Wednesday to
   gather evidence of election irregularities, following major apparent
   gains in elections Sunday.

   Sam Rainsy, leader of the Cambodian National Rescue Party, says his
   party is now seeking evidence to bolster its claims for national and
   international observers.

   "This is to show to the national and international observers to be able
   to see clearly that there are many victims who lost their voting
   rights. They wanted to vote but were not able to do so because their
   names were stolen or left out in a trick to prevent majority of the
   Cambodian people from voting."

   Rainsy told VOA's Khmer service on Monday that as many as 1.2 million
   voter names had been removed from the national registry, while 200,000
   names on it were duplicates.

   Reuters reports that Ouch Borith, secretary of state at the Foreign
   Affairs Ministry, has rejected calls for an international inquiry and
   called on the opposition to clearly show what evidence it has.

   The ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has said
   it won a majority of 68 seats in the election, a major decline from the
   90 seats it hold in the outgoing parliament. On Tuesday, the party said
   it would maintain Hun Sen as Prime Minister.

   The U.S. and EU have both expressed concern over voting alleged
   irregularities in Sunday's vote.

   The U.S. has called for a "transparent and full investigation of all
   credible reports of irregularities."

   Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton notes the NEC did
   not take all measures recommended by the EU to address "shortcomings"
   in the election process, "such as improving the reliability of the
   voter list, ensuring equitable access to media and preventing the use
   of State resources, including campaigning by civil servants and the
   military."
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