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The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, speaks at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on October 5, 2022.

Briefs: Khmer Will Party Quickly Removed From State Council, CNRP Was ‘Unfairly Disbanded,’ UN Envoy Says

The Khmer Will Party, which announced intentions of uniting with the Candlelight Party this week, quickly had its officials removed from the Supreme Consultative Council. The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia raised concerns about Cambodia’s upcoming national election, recalling the “unfair” dissolution of the political opposition and drawing attention to ongoing mass trials.

A police officer directs traffic in Sihanoukville on January 21, 2021. (Tran Techseng/VOD)

Briefs: Police to Investigate Illegal Sihanoukville Business

The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration announced police are investigating a Sihanoukville business, a possible targeting of an illegal operator following a series of recent human trafficking rescues from scam compounds.