Nearly 20,000 members of the armed and police forces will be deployed during upcoming public holidays from Saturday when leaders of the outlawed opposition party have vowed to return to the country.
Officially designated “oknha” — tycoons who have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the government — who are also in the military will be asked to choose to be either oknha or soldier, Defense Minister Tea Banh said.
Laotian troops have been encroaching on Cambodian territory in the border province of Preah Vihear for more than a week, with Laos claiming the territory as its own, military officials said on Friday.
China’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday again skirted claims it had struck a deal to gain exclusive military access to a Cambodian naval base, instead denying
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday denied reported U.S. claims that Cambodia had signed an agreement with China to give the Chinese military exclusive access
San Sokhom, a military police major in Kompong Cham province and son of the commander of neighboring Kratie province’s military police, has been released on bail despite being charged over making threats with a firearm, officials said.
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