NEC ends complaint review
The National Election Committee on January 26 said it had wrapped its 11-day review of complaints alleging that foreigners had registered for the provisional voter list, finding just two of the 142 suits of complaints worthy of further investigation. The 142 separate complaints raised questions about the Cambodian citizenship of more than 2,500 registered voters – a charge led by the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said the cases still undecided involved names removed by lower-level authorities, decisions the body was questioning given the evidence presented. “They relate to the lower authorities deciding to eliminate the alleged names. But when the NEC checked them, they had enough documents so we need to do more investigation,” he said.
