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A Candlelight Party sign at the party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh on April 4, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Police Arrests Two More Candlelight Officials for Alleged Document Forgery As Senate Election Nears

1 Feb 2024 6:05 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Two more Candlelight Party officials have been arrested for using forged documents to register people’s names without their consent to reserve them as candidates for councilor posts. The arrests bring the total number of opposition leader detention to four so far in January 2024.

Headquarters of the Grassroots Democratic Party in Phnom Penh on April 5, 2023. (Photo supplied by GDP)

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GDP Members Despairing as Senior Leaders Defect to Ruling CPP

5 Apr 2023 8:18 PM|

Two senior leaders for the opposition Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) defected to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), following the path of other high-ranking GDP members who abandoned the party in the months before the July elections.

Hun Manet, commander of the Cambodian Royal Army, is slated to run as the CPP’s leading candidate for Phnom Penh. (Hun Manet Facebook)

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Hun Manet to Run as Candidate in National Assembly Elections

4 Apr 2023 6:34 PM|

Hun Manet will run as the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) leading candidate for the Phnom Penh national assembly in the July elections, according to a March 31 letter signed by his father, Prime Minister Hun, in his role as the party president. The letter was confirmed by CPP spokesperson Sok Eysan.

Kem Sokha, former president of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, leaves his home in Tuol Kork district on March 3, 2023 to hear the verdict of his nearly three year treason trial announced at the Phnom Penh Municipality Court. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Kem Sokha’s Lawyers Appeal Treason Conviction

4 Apr 2023 4:30 PM|

Ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha submitted an appeal on Thursday against the Phnom Penh Municipal court’s treason conviction.

Candlelight Party vice president Thach Setha leaves the Appeal Court after losing his bail hearing in Phnom Penh on March 30, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Court of Appeal Denies Thach Setha Bail Request

31 Mar 2023 8:43 AM|

The Court of Appeal on Thursday denied bail for Candlelight Party vice president Thach Setha, who asked to be released due to a heart condition.

Kem Sokha's lawyer Meng Sopheary arrives at Sokha’s home in Phnom Penh for a meeting on March 28, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Kem Sokha to Appeal This Week Against Treason Conviction

28 Mar 2023 6:57 PM|

Ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha plans to submit an appeal this week against his treason conviction and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court 27 year home confinement sentence, according to his lawyers.

Candlelight Party flags flew during the party’s congress in Phnom Penh on June 15, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Three Candlelight Party Activists Sentenced to Prison on Forgery Charges

27 Mar 2023 6:42 PM|

Three Candlelight Party activists were each sentenced to two years in prison and fined five million riel ($1,231) on March 24 by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on charges of forgery linked to the registration of the now-defunct Cambodia National Heart Party (CNHP) in 2021.

Kem Sokha, former president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, leaves his home in Tuol Kork district on March 3 to hear the announcement of the verdict in his three-year-long at the Phnom Penh Municipality Court. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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EU Parliament Urges End to Political Persecution, Calls for Free and Fair Elections

18 Mar 2023 9:35 AM|

The European Parliament called on Cambodian authorities to release former opposition leader Kem Sokha and reinstate the court-dissolved CNRP for participation in the 2023 elections in a resolution this week in a resolution Thursday.

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Detained Ex-Opposition Leader Kem Sokha Blocked From Meeting With His Lawyers

16 Mar 2023 9:40 AM|

Former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers said in a Tuesday statement that they were denied access to their client in violation of his rights, preventing them from discussing a planned appeal against his treason conviction.

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Police Arrests Two More Candlelight Officials for Alleged Document Forgery As Senate Election Nears

GDP Members Despairing as Senior Leaders Defect to Ruling CPP

Hun Manet to Run as Candidate in National Assembly Elections

Kem Sokha’s Lawyers Appeal Treason Conviction

Court of Appeal Denies Thach Setha Bail Request

Kem Sokha to Appeal This Week Against Treason Conviction

Three Candlelight Party Activists Sentenced to Prison on Forgery Charges

EU Parliament Urges End to Political Persecution, Calls for Free and Fair Elections

Detained Ex-Opposition Leader Kem Sokha Blocked From Meeting With His Lawyers

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Police Arrests Two More Candlelight Officials for Alleged Document Forgery As Senate Election Nears

GDP Members Despairing as Senior Leaders Defect to Ruling CPP

Hun Manet to Run as Candidate in National Assembly Elections

Kem Sokha’s Lawyers Appeal Treason Conviction

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Kem Sokha to Appeal This Week Against Treason Conviction

Three Candlelight Party Activists Sentenced to Prison on Forgery Charges

EU Parliament Urges End to Political Persecution, Calls for Free and Fair Elections

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