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Candlelight Party Vice President Rong Chhun held a press conference at the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association headquarters in Phnom Penh to announce his resignation on November 9, 2023. (CamboJA/ Khuon Narim)

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Candlelight Vice President Rong Chhun Resigns And Joins Nation Power Party

9 Nov 2023 6:29 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Candlelight Party Vice President Rong Chhun announced his resignation from the opposition party on Thursday and said he was joining the recently formed Nation Power Party.

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Bail request for convicted translator denied

28 Oct 2019 3:20 PM|

The Supreme Court on Monday denied bail for convicted Russia Today news fixer Rath Rott Mony in an appeal process that began before Rott Mony was sentenced in June to two years in prison for his involvement in a documentary about sex trafficking.

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Labor leader summoned to court over 2013 case

28 Oct 2019 1:33 PM|

Labor leader Ath Thorn has been summoned to court on Wednesday over a 2013 strike as tensions rise over the banned opposition’s appeals for Cambodian workers in Thailand to join exiled party leaders in a march back to the country in two weeks.

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CNRP renews appeal to migrants in Thailand even as leader blocked from entering

28 Oct 2019 11:41 AM|

Mu Sochua, the banned opposition party’s vice president, renewed her call for Cambodians in Thailand to “join us” in marching across the border even though she has been blocked from entering Thailand herself.

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Ex-RFA reporters caught between freedom and politics

28 Oct 2019 9:30 AM|

Yeang Sothearin says he has becomes a “hostage” to politics: His court case won’t end as long as his former employer, Radio Free Asia, keeps up its critical coverage of the government, he believes.

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CNRP politician jailed over Facebook post urging election boycott

24 Oct 2019 4:28 PM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced former CNRP politician Kong Mas and three others, including acting party leader Sam Rainsy, to 18 to 20 months in prison for Mas’s Facebook posts last year urging an election boycott.

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CNRP exiles urge migrant workers to join march to return on foot across border

22 Oct 2019 5:54 PM|

The banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has appealed to 1.5 million migrant workers to walk across the Thai border into Cambodia next month alongside the party’s senior leaders and 16 EU members of parliament.

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RT fixer’s bail appeal heard despite sentencing

22 Oct 2019 4:11 PM|

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a bail appeal for jailed translator Rath Rott Mony despite the defendant having already been sentenced in June.

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IMF says more measures needed to contain high credit growth

18 Oct 2019 11:10 AM|

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that more measures are needed to contain high credit growth in the real estate sector as the country faces uncertainties, including the potential suspension of duty-free trade with Europe over human rights and political concerns.