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In Brief: Pen sovann denies he will join cpp

| Publication date 18 December 2008 | 14:01 ICT

In Brief: Pen sovann denies he will join cpp

Human Rights Party President Pen Sovann rejected a report saying that he plans to join the Cambodian People's Party and reaffirmed on Tuesday that he did not tell a journalist he would do such a thing. He said he has never thought of reuniting with the CPP because he was jailed in Vietnam by Prime Minister Hun Sen for opposing Vietnam's activities in Cambodia.

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