The ruling Cambodian People’s Party dropped a second lawsuit against former senior Candlelight adviser Kong Korm, days after he quit the opposition party.
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for proper conduct in implementing school rules Thursday, reacting to a social media controversy over haircuts performed at a Battambang high school in which two teachers were criticized for shaving boys’ hair inside the classroom.
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the minister of information to “call all online journalists to get education” in a speech after a TV reporter faced criticism for his behavior while doing a live video of a Phnom Penh traffic accident earlier this week.
Provincial heads for the Candlelight Party said they were asked to lower their rhetoric and refrain from personal criticisms of ruling party officials as the party grapples with threats made last week by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The Council of Ministers decided to hand over land owned by the Foreign Ministry and occupied by a senior opposition official to the National Election Committee, which said it was facing space constraints at its current headquarters.
Local-level Candlelight officials say they face regular harassment and discrimination, and are disappointed to see the party’s leaders shirk away from it and instead embrace the ruling party.
Hun Sen told the Candlelight Party to apologize and stop issuing statements that the ruling CPP threatens it — or face legal action.
A Phnom Penh court convicted an exiled political commentator for defamation and incitement for comments he made about murdered analyst Kem Ley, and sent two other related cases for further investigation.
A photo of Hun Sen swimming alone in the Maldives’ azure sea failed to enchant one Facebook commenter: “Yes, our beaches are the most beautiful, but our leaders are the dirtiest in the world, aren’t they?”
Hun Sen has decided to drop a government lawsuit against senior opposition official Kong Korm over possession of land that belongs to the Foreign Ministry, potentially ending a weeklong saga where the prime minister has targeted the Candlelight Party adviser.
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