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Updated Biography Shows ‘Acceptance’ of Hun Sen by International Leaders
WASHINGTON DC - An updated biography of Prime Minister Hun Sen written by two Canadian historians seeks to describe the changing perceptions of the Cambodian leader through the eyes of Western and Asian countries. “Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen: From Pagoda Boy to Prime Minister of Cambodia,” by Harish and Julie Mehta, includes interviews with Hun Sen, his wife, family members and associates and is an update to their 1999 biography.
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Cambodian Workers Halt Traffic to Back Demands for Higher Pay
About 3,000 Cambodian garment factory workers sealed off a key highway on Wednesday to back demands for better salaries and working conditions as Prime Minister Hun Sen cautioned about job losses if manufacturers quit the country over wage demands. The protesting workers from the M&V International Manufacturing factory, a supplier to Swedish clothing brand H&M, blocked a part of National Highway Two in Phnom Penh in the morning, causing traffic congestion.
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KemSokha Threatened With Lawsuit Over Alleged Beating
Emerging from Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital yesterday, the mother of a woman who claims to be opposition leader KemSokha’s scorned mistress said that she would file a lawsuit against Mr. KemSokha today over injuries she allegedly sustained at the hands of his bodyguards.
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Cambodian Opposition Threatens to Reject Election Results
Leaders of Cambodia’s main opposition group said Tuesday that they will reject the results of upcoming national elections if the ruling party, which is widely expected to win, continues to disrupt campaigning activities of opposition party members. Nhem Ponharith, spokesman for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) opposition coalition, told RFA’s Khmer Service that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) was causing repeated “disturbances” that were hindering his party’s campaign to compete for votes.
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CNRP Still Undecided on Election Boycott
Discussion inside the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) continued over the weekend on wether to withdraw from next month’s national eclection due to a series of disruptions on opposition rallies and the failure of the government to reform the country’s electoral process, a party spokeman said yesterday.
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With Limited Media Access, Oppostion Turns to the Web
There is widespread cosent among political analysts in Cambodia that the CPP will be returned to power in July’s national eclection. But online, the popularity contest between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rivals in the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) is much harder to measure.
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Radio Show Canceled Because CPP Declined to Participate
State broadcaster Radio National Kampuchea (RNK) pulled the program “Women’s Voices, Women’s choices” from Saturday’s schedule because the CPP, which along with seven other political parties was invited to take part in the panel discussion, declined to participate, according to the program’s producers.
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Court Investigates KemSokha’s Role in Alleged Assault
Judicial official yesterday confirmed that Prey VengProvicial Court is investigating claims made by the mother of a woman purporting to be the abandoned mistress of opposition campaign event held last week.
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Khmer Rouge Victims Sue Opposition Lawmaker
PHNOM PENH - Four former prisoners of the infamous Khmer Rouge prison Tuol Sleng have filed a lawsuit against senior opposition lawmaker, alleging defamation and accusing him of denying Khmer Rouge atrocities. The four former prisoners, including outspoken survivor Chhum Mey, are suing Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, for $1,000, which they say they will use for a Buddhist ceremony for the victims of Tuol Sleng.
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In Autobiography, a Chronicle of Political Opposition
WASHINGTON — Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has a new book out, one that he says chronicles his ideas for the development of democracy in Cambodia. In an interview with VOA Khmer, Sam Rainsy said he wanted to finish the book ahead of the July 28 elections. The book—“We Didn’t Start the Fire: My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia”—is in part an autobiography of the former government minister who became the leading opponent of the ruling party. But he says it is also a road map for a way forward.
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Mass Firings Follow Garment Factory Demonstration
PHNOM PENH - A garment factory in Kampong Speu province fired 300 of its workers on Wednesday, following demonstrations this month demanding higher salaries. Workers at the Sabrina Cambodia Garment Manufacturing factory were asking for a salary increase to $74 per month, $14 more than the minimum wage. The mass firing is believed one of the nation’s largest layoffs and underscores the difficulties of workers in the sector, which provides clothing and shoes to major US and European outlets and employs hundreds of thousands of Cambodians.
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Witnesses Describe 2012 Shooting at Svay Rieng Factory Demonstration
PHNOM PENH - Svay Rieng provincial court entered a second day of hearings against a former city governor accused of firing into a demonstration of factory workers last year. Chhouk Bandith, former governor of Bavet city, did not appear in court, but is accused of injuring three women after shooting into a crowded protest. A majority of 20 witnesses told the court Thursday he was the only person shooting. A few witnesses said shots may have been fired by a nearby policeman.
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Boeung Kak Activist’s Prison Term Reduced
Cambodia’s Court of Appeals on Friday reduced the prison term of a Phnom Penh housing rights activist but upheld her conviction in a decision her lawyer said would be appealed. Yorm Bopha, a campaigner for the rights of evictees from the city’s Boeung Kak Lake community, had one year suspended of her original three-year sentence on charges critics say have been manufactured to silence her.
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Hun Sen Calls for End to Anti-Opposition Demonstrations
PHNOM PENH - Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday called for an end to demonstrations against top opposition official Kem Sokha, who is under fire for allegedly denying atrocities at a Khmer Rouge prison. Hun Sen said in a public speech Thursday the demonstrations calling for an apology for his alleged remarks should be postponed until after the election.
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Political Parties Join Anti-Corruption Ceremony
PHNOM PENH - Six separate political parties that plan to contest the July elections have signed onto a petition calling for an end to corruption. The parties, including the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party and the royalist Funcinpec, joined a ceremony Wednesday organized by Transparency International to support anti-corruption measures and the punishment of corrupt officials.
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Cambodian PM urges citizens to stop protests against opposition leader
PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged protesters to suspend demonstrations against Kem Sokha, vice-president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), for his alleged denial of crimes during the Democratic Kampuchea, or Khmer Rouge regime.
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Opposition Calls for End of ‘Obstruction’ from Ruling Party Supporters
PHNOM PENH - Embattled opposition official Kem Sokha on Wednesday called on the government to work toward ensuring a free and fair election, without obstruction or intimidation of its opponents. Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, saw two forums organized by the opposition disrupted by ruling party supporters in Kandal province on Tuesday.
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Rights Groups Condemn Ouster of Opposition Lawmakers from Assembly
WASHINGTON DC - A coalition of Cambodian civil society organizations have joined with the opposition and the US State Department to condemn the expulsion of 29 opposition lawmakers from the National Assembly. The Assembly, dominated by ruling Cambodian People’s Party officials, moved to oust the opposition last week, claiming the lawmakers from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties must give up their seats because they have now joined in a coalition party.
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Political Parties Sign Anti-Graft Pledges Ahead of Cambodia’s Polls
On Thursday, 10 NGOs—including Cambodian rights group Adhoc, Cambodia Center for Human Rights (CCHR), Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) and Committee for Fair and Free Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel)—said they are concerned with the country’s pre-election environment because of actions taken against the opposition by the ruling CPP.
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Cambodian PM denies stage managing rallies
The case has been tossed between courts and faced many delays. Bandith and his lawyer - who left on Wednesday after an apparent technical error that put him on the witness list - were absent during Wednesday’s and today’s sessions. “This case must be transferred to Phnom Penh, as Svay Rieng court has shown they can’t handle the case,” said Virak Ou, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Tola Moeun, head of the labour programme at the Community Legal Education Center, said the verdict will be today. “Based on the testimonies he should be prosecuted.”
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