While the constitution calls for Cambodia to remain neutral in foreign affairs, Cambodia has stronger ties with China than it does with the US, due in part to China’s no-strings aid and investment in recent years.
Union activists and workers today mark the 12th anniversary of the assassination of Chea Vichea, a well loved labor leader whose murder has never been prosecuted.
The high-profile visit follows trips by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2015 and President Barack Obama in 2012.
In a 49-page strategy paper distributed at the meeting, it said the party will focus on establishing local networks across the country to bolster support and prepare for elections.
Sam Rainsy is in exile abroad, facing a jail sentence if he returns to Cambodia, in a defamation case brought by the president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, Heng Samrin.
The boycott was a result of anti-opposition protests in November that led up to the severe beatings of two opposition lawmakers outside the Assembly.
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha appealed to the party’s supporters via Facebook to remain calm and seek peaceful means to change the country.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, Sam Rainsy compared the CPP’s actions to 1997 when Prince Norodom Ranarridh was removed from a power-sharing agreement with the CPP.
The arrest warrant comes just one day after Hun Sen publicly insulted Sam Rainsy, calling him a “traitor’s son.”
PM counterattacks after opposition leader Sam Rainsy hails voting in Myanmar and says Cambodia's ruling party wants to sidestep democracy.
They have sued for $25,000 each in damages, and are asking for charges that would mean lifetime imprisonment for their assailants.
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha are visiting Japan this week, calling on support for improved democracy in Cambodia through free and fair elections.
Cambodia left 90 years of French colonialism on this day in 1953.
Last week’s attacks followed anti-opposition protests endorsed by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and took place in plain view of police, who stood by.
The Ministry of Interior announced late Tuesday that the men—Chay Sarith, 33; Mao Hoeurn, 34; and Suth Vanny, 45—had turned themselves into police Tuesday afternoon.
Speaking at the airport as he waited for Prime Minister Hun Sen to arrive from an official visit to France, Tea Banh said his troops have a right to “express their opinion.”
More than 1,000 anti-opposition protesters had gathered outside the Assembly to demand the removal of Rescue Party President Kem Sokha from office.
Residents say they are growing to appreciate the bus lines, which can ease traffic congestion in the crowded capital.
Hun Sen’s comments come after Sam Rainsy criticized the administration and its issuance of graduation certificates that are often useless.
Cambodia has in recent years received hundreds of pieces of antiquity, returned by foreign governments and private collectors alike.
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