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Rong Chhun announces he will join the Candlelight Party at the Cambodia Independent Teachers' Association office in Phnom Penh on January 31, 2023. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Union Leader Rong Chhun Joins Candlelight 

Prominent unionist Rong Chhun joined the Candlelight Party on Tuesday, months shy of the national election and he expected a “big achievement” for the party in July.

Thun Ratha, with Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoreaksmey next to him, speaks to the media after the hearing at the Supreme Court on July 22, 2022. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Slew of High-Profile Cases Heard at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard back-to-back appeals from high-profile cases involving Mother Nature activists, a senior unionist and two co-accused, and a group of activists convicted for a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in October 2020.