Hun Sen Vexed About US Shoe Throwing
Prime Minister Hun Sen asked supporters to tolerate a shoe thrown at him in Washington, but pondered why U.S. officials didn’t respond to a violent action.
Mech Dara May 17, 2:36 pm
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Prime Minister Hun Sen asked supporters to tolerate a shoe thrown at him in Washington, but pondered why U.S. officials didn’t respond to a violent action.
A 13-year-old boy was killed in a landmine explosion while tending to a grazing cow. A planned U.S.-Asean meeting will reportedly be delayed. Authorities released NagaWorld workers from a quarantine facility.
Vegetable sellers on Mao Tse Toung Blvd. are pushing back against authorities clearing them from a stretch of a major Phnom Penh road while citing the need to beautify the city for Asean conferences and other international events.
Hun Sen shot down an uncomfortable question at a press conference with the Malaysian prime minister. A Chinese industry body say they are concerned about crimes against Chinese nationals at the hands of scam operations.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court delayed a mass-trial hearing against CNRP members and supporters because a defense lawyer had come in contact with a Covid-19 case at PJ Prison. Six political parties welcomed the National Election Committee’s decision to retain Form 1102, which is used to report results to poll observers at voting stations.
Hun Sen mistakenly claimed while speaking about peace-building in Myanmar that a jailed Australian economist there had been released. He later acknowledged the error, saying “this confusion came from misinformation I received.”
A local NGO was denied monthly access to jailed NagaWorld union members, a Lor Peang activist was sent to prison this week, and Cambodia reversed its insistence on Myanmar’s attendance at a Asean foreign ministers meeting this month.
More than 10 Taiwanese are being held against their will and working at a scam operation, said Taiwan’s foreign ministry. There are 84 endangered deer in a small patch of Kratie grassland. Hun Sen spoke with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, with the prime minister putting forth a four-point appeal.
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.
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.
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