Rice industry body president gets wary vote of confidence
Cambodia’s apex rice industry body held its annual general meeting on 2 July, with its members unanimously re-electing its well-connected incumbent president, Sok Puthyvuth, for a second term in what some are calling a dress rehearsal for his political ascendancy. Puthyvuth, the son of Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and son-in-law of Prime Minister Hun Sen, was re-elected as head of the Cambodian Rice Federation after receiving 113 out of a total 215 votes. One critic, Kann Kunthy, CEO of Battambang Rice Investment Co Ltd, said CRF members wanted a new president, but were stuck with just two undesirable candidates.
