Opposition Mass Trial Reviews Announcement of ‘Rescue Movement’
A video from 2018 about the formal announcement of an opposition movement was presented Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement.
Ouch Sony Jan 20, 6:36 pm
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A video from 2018 about the formal announcement of an opposition movement was presented Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement.
According to a Myanmar ethnic political group, the ceasefire extension announced after Hun Sen’s visit has not stopped military action.
As a treason trial against former opposition leader Kem Sokha resumed on Wednesday after a delay of nearly two years, lawyers attacked each other over the postponement, while the defendant said he had believed a reconciliation was in the cards.
Less than five months to commune elections, the ruling CPP and minor opposition parties are pointing to agriculture as key planks of their agendas, many echoing a desire to increase investment in farms and “find markets” for exports.
A recording between reformed ruling party celebrity Thy Sovantha and former CNRP South Korea leader Yin Sinorn is old and not related to the court’s decision to drop Sinorn’s charges, he said.
After almost two years of break, VOD looks back at coverage of former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s trial for alleged attempts to topple the government with foreign assistance.
While a government news agency touted Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar, Singaporean and Malaysian officials were unsettled by the Asean chair’s interaction with the military regime.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday presented transcripts extracted from defendants’ private conversations in a plotting and incitement trial against CNRP officials and supporter.
Protesters in Myanmar have turned their ire against Prime Minister Hun Sen by bombarding his Facebook page with abusive comments and burning images of him as he visited the country on Friday.
The CPP has long heralded “Victory Over Genocide Day” as the second birthday of the country after the dark rule of the Khmer Rouge. But the lack of a public event on a day also branded as pro-Vietnamese hints at changing politics in addition to Covid-19 precautions.
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