Cambodian Activist's Brother Arrested at Border

BANGKOK — The brother of a prominent Cambodian activist has been arrested by local authorities, according to the activist and a Thai rights group. Hay Vannith, a Cambodian scholar, was arrested and detained at the Poi Pet border in northwestern Cambodia after trying to travel to Thailand, Hay Vanna told VOA. Hay Vanna, a Cambodian political activist living in Japan, said Vannith was detained on Friday. “My brother has nothing to do with my political advocacy,” he told VOA Monday night. “He is a scholar, a civil servant and a professor at the National Institute of Public Health. I call for his immediate release. It has been more than 48 hours since we lost contact on August 16.” Vannith, 28, studied in the US as a Fulbright Scholar and a graduate student at the Food Science Institute at Kansas State University. He works as a civil servant at the Ministry of Health in Cambodia. Bangkok-based human rights group Manushya Foundation also reported the detentions. Hay Vanna is the director of the Japan bureau of the Cambodia National Rescue Movement. His supporters include several former members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party. The party, often known as the CNRP, was outlawed …

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