The Candlelight Party has accused a Russei Keo commune chief of tearing down a party banner in the capital, with the officials claiming the billboard was erected on state land. Separately, the Candlelight Party’s provincial head in Pailin received a second court summons for incitement — part of two cases being pursued against him since last month.
Mask-wearing is no longer required in Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Stung Treng, Prime Minister Hun Sen declared on Sunday.
Nearly two years after the suspension of hearings, former CNRP president Kem Sokha will head to a Phnom Penh court in January to attend his treason trial.
With just over a year left on a political ban for opposition officials, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he would hand out “rehabilitation” pardons only if it “makes me pleased,” while saying he would stay in power until he “no longer wants to do it anymore.”
A former official from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was arrested on Monday for allegedly insulting Prime Minister Hun Sen on Facebook — though his wife claimed the arrest was in fact due to refusals to defect to the government.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng would not be “stupid” enough to plan a coup d’ètat, Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the opening of a stretch of railway on Monday.
The government is considering banning companies from promoting alcoholic drinks by offering chance prizes such as cars or money, an official said.
Dark discharges of sewage are being released into Sihanoukville’s Independence Beach, environmental activists say, contradicting a recent proclamation by Land Minister Chea Sophara that he had reined in polluting seaside businesses.
Three-quarters of the pepper plants in a farming community in Tbong Khmum province are dying from the recent extreme heat, farmers say.
As prisoner numbers continue to swell far beyond the capacities of Cambodia’s overcrowded jails, the government has been urged to act on pledges to reduce the number of incarcerated women giving birth and raising children behind bars.
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