The Biden administration has announced it is suspending some its its foreign assistance programs in Cambodia after the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, claimed a landslide victory in another lopsided election on July 23. The preliminary results from the National Election Commission showed the CPP won 125 seats, while the…
US Halts Aid Funding to Cambodia After Hun Sen Claims Another Lopsided Election
Cambodia Imposes Entry Ban on Meta’s Oversight Board Members
Cambodia has barred Meta’s Oversight Board members from entering the country after the board called for the suspension of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook account for inciting violence in a speech video. Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation designated 22 people as “persona non grata” and ordered them to leave the country within…
Oversight Board Asks Meta to Suspend Cambodia PM’s Accounts Over Post Inciting Violence
Meta’s oversight board has recommended a six-month suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after he threatened to use violence against his opponents in a video. The oversight board, a quasi-independent body in charge of reviewing content moderation decisions, overturned Meta’s ruling on June 30 to leave up Hun Sen’s video…
Cambodia’s Exiled Opposition Figure Urges International Community to Reject Election Results
An exiled former Cambodian opposition leader has urged the international community to reject the results of the country’s upcoming election, citing “systematic manipulation and falsification” by the Cambodian authorities. Sam Rainsy, who co-founded the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), said Cambodia has only had one fair election since 1975—the United Nations-supervised election in 1993, which…
Cambodian Independent News Site to Cease Operation on Prime Minister’s Order
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the closure of one of the country’s few remaining independent news sites for “attacking” his son in a report regarding Cambodia’s relief assistance to quake-hit Turkey. Local media Voice of Democracy (VOD) had its license revoked at 10 a.m. on Feb. 13. The Ministry of Information said the…
Biden Asks Cambodian Prime Minister for Transparency on Chinese Military Activities at Naval Base
President Joe Biden on Saturday urged his Cambodian counterpart to ensure “full transparency” regarding Chinese military activities at Ream Naval base on Cambodia’s southern coast, the White House said. Biden met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is also chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the sidelines of the regional…
Cambodia Opposition Supporter Gunned Down Amid Ongoing Political Repression
A supporter of Cambodia’s Candlelight Party was reportedly shot dead in broad daylight on Sunday amid rising political tensions between the autocratic regime and the country’s largest opposition party. Po Hin Lean, 49, was shot and killed by an unknown assailant while on his way to fish in the Tbong Khmum province, Radio Free Asia…
Australian Advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi Remains in Detention in Burma
Australian economist Sean Turnell remains in detention in Burma (also known as Myanmar) as the Cambodian Prime Minister apologised for giving the wrong information that he had been released. Prof. Turnell is a former advisor to the ousted Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He has been detained for a year after being arrested on Feb. 6,…
Cambodia Resumes Treason Trial of Former Opposition Leader Accused of US Plot
A Cambodian court on Wednesday resumes a treason trial against former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was accused of plotting with the United States to topple the government, two years after the trial was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kem Sokha, a former leader of the now-outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party, was arrested in…
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Proceeds Bilateral Meeting With Burmese Military Despite Protests From Human Rights Groups
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has arrived in Burma on Friday ahead of a bilateral meeting with the military junta that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup last year, despite protests from human rights groups calling for his visit to be canceled. Hun Sen came to Burma at…
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