As the Candlelight Party faces an onslaught of lawsuits and violent threats, a party official said they were moving ahead with preparations for the July election, with analysts predicting a bumpy path to the ballot box for the primary opposition threat to Hun Sen.
Officials at the Ratanakiri provincial planning department have filed corruption complaints accusing their director of embezzling money to buy houses and land, the latest in a recent spate of anti-graft cases.
Stung Treng city authorities are investigating a couple who allegedly scammed tens of thousands of dollars from around 100 families by claiming to be relatives of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife Bun Rany and his adviser Seng Tieng.
A high school in Battambang’s Sampov Loun district came under social media fire after posting nearly 100 photos online of two teachers shaving boys’ hair during the school day, which the school said was needed for “discipline” but critics said constituted harassment.
A week after a riverbank collapsed in Kandal’s Takhmao city, nearly 70 families are still living on the sidewalk next to the water as they plead with authorities to expedite the building of temporary shelters for them.
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