“Chief of Preah Theat commune. My congratulation to sister for being elected the commune chief in O’Rain Ov district (Tboung Khmoum province). This is a stronghold to fight.”
What Fact Crescendo Cambodia found
Fact Crescendo Cambodia the claim mentioned above is false. Sok Sreynoun – the leading figure of candidates from CLP – was not elected to be new leader of the Preah Theat commune. She was elected into the commune council for the five-year term after CLP won the second majority of the vote in the commune in the local election this year. A leading figure of CPP’s candidates will become the leader of the commune after the party won the majority.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
លទ្ធិពុទ្ធរាជ អង្គរ (Social Media User) made this claim around 6 June 2022. Fact Crescendo Cambodia (Cambodia) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2022, 19 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://web.facebook.com/groups/346192210355038/posts/428766635430928/
- Facebook posthttps://web.facebook.com/seree.siemserey/posts/3004739353150128
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This check was done by Fact Crescendo Cambodia, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.