Son Chhay Meets Opposition Activists in Prison
The Candlelight Party politician asked for the release on bail of 23 individuals, characterizing their arrests as political cases.
Nat Sopheap Aug 18, 6:07 pm
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The Candlelight Party politician asked for the release on bail of 23 individuals, characterizing their arrests as political cases.
A Phnom Penh court prosecutor has decided to formally charge opposition leader Son Chhay for public defamation in two cases, with his lawyer saying the cases now proceed to trial.
Two opposition officials have been fired from state jobs after they stood in the recent election, according to the Candlelight Party.
The Cambodian-American lawyer jailed this week amid an opposition mass trial was relocated without the knowledge of her lawyer.
Social media photos show mostly older voters handed a pen and mock ballot and, under supervision from officials, shown how to pick the CPP.
The minister released a letter last Friday asking government workers to be non-partisan and not conduct party activities during work hours.
WHO: Access to food and water, disease risks and air pollution will worsen with climate change as world approaches “a code red for health.”
Reports of irregularities during the vote that year fueled large public demonstrations in the election’s aftermath.
The committee has been disqualifying opposition candidates for being illiterate or not filling out their own candidacy documents.
Speculation has been rife about whether the resumption of Sokha’s trial — nearly two years after it was stopped due to Covid-19 — signaled an imminent political deal that could see the former CNRP president return to politics.
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