Newly elected opposition councilors in Kampong Thom have been discriminated against and given no uniforms or places to sit, so they “just wander around” commune halls, the Candlelight Party said.
Two Candlelight Party officials have been summoned for court questioning in Pailin and Tbong Khmum over separate charges they argue amount to political intimidation.
Briefs: Interior Minister Sar Kheng said Cambodia’s downgrade in a trafficking report was equally the U.S.’s fault. Three people were injured Sunday night when they were hit by a train in Phnom Penh’s Kambol district.
Candlelight Party official Hem Chhil was released on bail by the Appeal Court on Thursday, months after he was arrested for alleged illegal fishing in Pursat province.
A Phnom Penh Candlelight official was assaulted on Sunday and sustained a serious head injury, with CCTV footage showing potentially six assailants.
Four political parties want an overhaul of the NEC composition, pushing for more independent members on the election body, which has skewed sharply toward the ruling CPP since the dissolution of the CNRP in 2017.
Opposition Candlelight Party vice president Son Chhay returned from Australia to Cambodia on Sunday and will face lawsuits lodged over his claim of vote-stealing, including a $1-million suit brought against him by the ruling CPP.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party was confirmed the overwhelming victor at the June commune election, as the electoral body announced on Sunday the final results of an election marred with allegations of irregularities and intimidation.
Regarding “Candlelight Commune Chief-Elect Arrested for 2002 Robbery Case,” it is a joke for the Kampong Thom Provincial Court to have handcuffed Nhim Sarom, Candlelight
Nhim Sarom was released Wednesday, a day after he was arrested for an alleged robbery case for which he had been convicted in 2014.
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