CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday claimed the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), an alleged terrorist organization, was plotting to set off explosives in Phnom Penh to disrupt New Year festivities and ordered authorities to prevent it.

Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen said that Sam Serey, the president of the KNLF who now lives in Denmark, ordered his members to cause an explosion at Wat Phnom in the capital on Thursday, two days before the Khmer New Year.

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