Transcripts of phone calls between a CNRP activist and his wife and among opposition supporters, in which they spoke of Covid-19 concerns including a potential government cover-up, featured in the penultimate hearing of a mass trial case at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The only thing that makes me feel worse about Singapore’s anti-foreign interference law is seeing it spread beyond our borders, writes journalist and activist Kirsten Han.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng refrained from naming specific ministries when he criticized them for allowing large imports of drug precursors, pointing to a recent 100-ton bust.
An outburst quickly turned into apology in a Siem Reap constituency where a deputy commune chief was not elevated to run for the chief position in the June local elections.
CNRP leader Kem Sokha’s defense team argued in court on Tuesday that the prosecution’s repeated use of video evidence did not prove the charge of treason and was only prolonging the trial.
An Interior Ministry official said Cambodia was studying foreign interference laws, pointing to Cham invasions of ancient Cambodia, while a human rights advocate worried about “color revolution” labels.
A French Appeal court indicted senior Bodyguard Unit generals Hing Bun Heang and Huy Piseth for their involvement in the 1997 grenade attack targeting a Sam Rainsy rally.
Speculation has been rife about whether the resumption of Sokha’s trial — nearly two years after it was stopped due to Covid-19 — signaled an imminent political deal that could see the former CNRP president return to politics.
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s controversy-inducing Asean chairmanship continued Friday morning as he called the Malaysian foreign minister “arrogant” for making inappropriate remarks about him as an Asean leader.
The Interior Ministry said an international lawyer assisting CNRP-linked Seng Chan Theary had damaged Cambodia’s honor when attending her trial. The lawyer says he was only attending a friend’s trial hearing.
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