The Candlelight Party in Kampong Thom province filed a police complaint against a ruling party member for allegedly destroying a party banner in Stong district.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party dropped a second lawsuit against former senior Candlelight adviser Kong Korm, days after he quit the opposition party.
Senior politician Kong Korm announced he would step down from his activities with the opposition Candlelight Party, apologizing to ruling party leaders for an unspecified “mistake.”
The Cambodian People’s Party will root out all extremist political groups, the party said at a congress this weekend, as party workers again voted for Hun Sen to lead them into the upcoming national election.
Lawsuits against opposition leaders and Hun Sen’s threat of violence this week has small party leaders and observers concerned that any dissent directed at him and his party has effectively been criminalized six months ahead of a national election.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party is suing opposition leader Kong Korm for incitement for comments he made about the party at a meeting he attended in Tbong Khmum province last week.
The Appeal Court on Wednesday upheld defamation charges against opposition leader Son Chhay and increased the damages he owes to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and National Election Committee.
Prime Minister Hun Sen told dissidents and analysts they would fail to uproot his family from Cambodian politics “even with 500 more lifetimes” as he made a speech to supporters after arriving in Europe for an Asean-E.U. conference.
A business tycoon, court official, journalist and defecting opposition politicians are among a range of recent government promotions to be advisers, assistants and state officials.
Opposition party leader and agriculture expert Yang Saing Koma and a colleague met with Prime Minister Hun Sen to discuss plans to recover the agriculture sector, with a ministry official saying he will be offered a secretary of state position in the government.
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