Rainsy slams informal EU monitors [Most informal observers were usually generously shoved with gifts by Hun Sen]

Meas Sokchea  and Kevin Ponniah 

The Phnom Penh Post, 20 Nov. 2013



Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has rebuked the European Union over two low-profile election experts it sent to monitor July’s elections, claiming their presence had undermined Cambodian democracy.



In a letter sent on Tuesday to Ugu Astuto, the EU’s top diplomat for South and Southeast Asia, Rainsy claimed that the experts