Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered government forces to strengthen the security situation in Cambodia to prevent any repeats of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka that have so far killed more than 320 people.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to fight corruption in his message for the coming Khmer New Year, once again calling on his government to “take a bath” and even “conduct surgery” to stamp out rampant graft.
Cambodia’s armed forces will continue to support Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, the Defense Ministry said, after former opposition leader Sam Rainsy issued a public appeal to the military to “follow the model of the armed forces in Algeria” and join with the people to topple a dictatorship.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to cut off the electricity supply over the coming Khmer New Year period of anyone who claims recent power outages are due to a government plan to build support for new hydropower dams.
Top business representatives including Kith Meng and Bretton Sciaroni raised corruption, electricity prices and the potential loss of European markets for export as the most pressing concerns for Cambodian businesses during the high-level Government-Private Sector Forum with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday.
Labeled “traitors” by opposition leaders, nine former members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) walked away from the beleaguered opposition party to have their ban on political activities lifted by the government.
The wishes of the international community are not Cambodian government policy, Prime Minister Hun Sen reiterated in a speech on Tuesday in response to the EU’s ongoing criticism of last year’s national election.
Families refusing to leave their homes to make way for a Chinese-built expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville will bear the brunt of Cambodia’s Expropriation Law, Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the road’s groundbreaking ceremony last week.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to arrest any banned opposition politicians who hold public meetings, instructing officials to adopt an approach of “see one, beat one.”
For the nine former CNRP officials who have now sought political clemency from the government, the reaction from supporters has been swift and decisive against them, political analysts said.
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