Almost 40 former opposition members were questioned by police in three provinces across the country over the past few days, while the number of officials summoned to court in Battambang rose to 35.
Prime Minister Hun Sen last week issued a letter to officials that seemed to reveal concerns that changes in the political situation at the grassroots level in Cambodia could cause risks for his usual mechanisms for maintaining control and power.
Meach Sovannara, a dual U.S.-Cambodian citizen and former opposition official, says he has plans to return to Cambodia for the first time since he was released almost four years into a 20-year prison sentence for “insurrection” last year.
The U.N.’s rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia concluded her fact-finding mission on Thursday by saying she hoped for a change in the country’s “aggressive” political culture.
Six more former opposition officials were to be questioned at the Battambang Provincial Court on Thursday as those leaving the interrogations maintained they have the
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court summoned Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch for questioning after the Khmer Rise Party complained that he illegally interfered with its petition imploring the country to reclaim a southern island from Vietnam.
Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the wealthy to give to the vulnerable and engender more happiness in society. At the Cambodian Red Cross’s annual fundraiser
BATTAMBANG CITY — Battambang prosecutors grilled former opposition officials about going to a colleague’s noodle restaurant in the city, and warned them that their voices
BATTAMBANG CITY — The first three out of more than 20 former opposition members summoned for questioning arrived at the Battambang Provincial Court on Wednesday morning.
More than 20 activists and officials linked to the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in Battambang province have now been summoned for questioning by prosecutors, causing concerns about judicial intimidation.
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