Politics

Riot police of Phnom Penh municipal police say they are ready to enforce the Interior Ministry’s order to ensure security, a photo post on Phnom Penh police Facebook on August 13, 2024.

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“Can’t Underestimate Issue” – Interior Ministry Orders Police To Restrict Groups Planning ‘Color Revolution’ In Phnom Penh

14 Aug 2024 7:20 PM|
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Interior Minister Sar Sokha issued an order to provincial governors, the police force and military police to tighten security to restrict people from entering Phnom Penh as a group to prevent extremist groups from carrying out a “color revolution to overthrow the government”.

A prison truck brings former CNRP activists and inmates to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on December 7, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Phnom Penh Municipal Court resumes trials of opposition party activists

7 Dec 2021 9:17 PM|

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court today resumed the first of a series of trials involving 44 opposition party activists charged with plotting and incitement to cause social chaos in connection to the failed attempt by leading opposition figure Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia from exile on November 9, 2019. The trials had been delayed for several months due to COVID-19.

The body of Prince Norodom Ranariddh is carried by Cambodian officers at the international airport in Phnom Penh, December 5, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

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Body of Prince Ranariddh returned to Cambodia

5 Dec 2021 9:04 PM|

The body then was sent to the royal palace, where traditional Cambodian and Buddhist funeral ceremonies will be held. According to a statement released last Friday, the Cambodian government has also chosen Wednesday as the official day of mourning marking the prince’s death.

Prime Minister Hun Sen's son Hun Manet (center) attends the Independence Day ceremony in Phnom Penh. Picture taken November 9, 2019. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Hun Sen backs oldest son to be the next country’s leader

2 Dec 2021 7:39 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly announced his support for his eldest son, Hun Manet, as his potential successor as prime minister. He claimed the announcement came in response to critics who have long accused him of paving the way for his son to take over as Cambodia’s next leader.

Prince Norodom Ranariddh gives an interview with media at his home in Phnom Penh. Picture taken October 14, 2017. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Prince Ranariddh dies Sunday in France, body will be returned to Cambodia this week

29 Nov 2021 9:29 PM|

Royalist Funcinpec party president and former first Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh died from illness Sunday morning in France. He was 77 years old.

Former CNRP president Sam Rainsy (Center Right) and vice president Kem Sokha greet supporters during Rainsy's 2013 homecoming to Phnom Penh. Picture taken July 19, 2013. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Kem Sokha’s message shows Rainsy-Sokha split after Candlelight Party congress

29 Nov 2021 6:38 PM|

Former president of the outlawed opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha has put distance between himself and exiled political figure Sam Rainsy, saying the two men “are not the same person”. Sokha pointed to the return of Rainsy’s former Candlelight Party as a sign of the political split between the two opposition leaders.

A portrait of the late Sin Khon, an activist associated with the former CNRP, is seen near his mother in Ta Keo province, November 23, 2021. Photo taken by Em Bunnarith

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Sin Khon’s friends and family claim murder was politically motivated

24 Nov 2021 5:19 PM|

Family and friends of murdered student Sin Khon have said that they believe the young opposition activist was targeted in a political assassination, rejecting public statements by police that Khon was killed after getting into an argument with a motorcycle repairmen and his brother while drunk.

A man drives a motorcycle with a woman past the former Cambodia National Rescue Party headquarters in Phnom Penh. Picture taken May 24, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Civil society groups decry deportation of CNRP asylum seekers

22 Nov 2021 9:22 PM|

The recent deportations of three members of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from Thailand to Cambodia has been criticized by a number of civil society groups for blatantly violating their rights as refugees recognised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The deportations have caused widespread concern among other activists who have sought political asylum in Thailand.

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Renewed Candlelight Party a sign of political split between former CNRP leaders, analysts say

9 Nov 2021 9:55 PM|

The outlawed CNRP cannot be resurrected, says a political analyst, with the soon-to-be resurrection of the Candlelight Party just the latest step toward a new opposition landscape of smaller, fractured parties.