The Appeal Court on Monday upheld Candlelight party leader Thach Setha’s guilty verdict decision made by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for issuing bad checks.
Candlelight party leadership say they are negotiating with the ruling CPP to seek the release of Candlelight’s vice president Thach Setha after he was arrested and detained in Prey Sar prison Monday for alleged bad checks issued in 2019.
Candlelight Party Vice President Thach Setha was arrested Monday after the Phnom Penh municipal court issued a warrant for his arrest, according to police and court spokespersons.
Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Candlelight’s leaders on Monday that they would face legal consequences or violence if they continued to criticize the ruling CPP.
The creation of new cities and districts across three provinces following a December 3 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen will strengthen ruling party control in those areas, opposition political parties say.
The National Election Committee (NEC) appears set to reject key recommendations from civil society and opposition political parties intended to improve fairness and transparency in the July national elections.
In the more than four years that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has controlled a one-party National Assembly, lawmakers summoned a government official for questioning just once, according to a report by the independent election monitor Comfrel.
Facing the seizure of his properties after losing a $1 million defamation lawsuit brought by the ruling CPP, Son Chhay appears less vocal than ever before in a decades-long political career defined by speaking his mind.