Seven video clips were presented at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday as evidence of plotting and incitement in ongoing mass trials against the dissolved opposition CNRP.
Hun Sen is set to meet with Myanmar’s military junta leadership on Friday even as pressure mounts on the Cambodian prime minister to refrain from taking unilateral actions as the chair of Asean.
On-trial opposition activist Seng Chan Theary said she needed more time to study her case after enlisting the help of a new defense lawyer, as a judge reprimanded her for her ongoing online criticisms of the court.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a fledgling political party that was denied registration by the Interior Ministry for allegedly having a couple dozen individuals thumbprint a few times each for its application documents.
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son and deputy military commander will be the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s next prime ministerial candidate when his father decides to relinquish power, the party decided on Friday, according to the Information Ministry.
Ruling party also expected to choose two new vice presidents, possibly hear members of recently proposed, younger cabinet-in-waiting.
As the mass trial of CNRP officials continued Thursday, National Police investigators called to testify repeatedly tried to avoid answering basic questions about how they built a case against defendants, claiming the process was “technical” and that revealing it could jeopardize national security
A CNRP member and one party activist appealed their incitement and insult convictions at the Appeal Court on Tuesday, after they were convicted in July for comments made about Covid-19 and vaccines.
A former CNRP official was arrested in Oddar Meanchey province as he was increasing his involvement with the Candlelight Party, his wife and party officials said.
A court prosecutor said that senior CNRP leaders were not being blocked from returning to the country, and that they could relinquish their foreign citizenship in order to get deported back to Cambodia.
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