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Ethnic-Vietnamese Cambodians Prevented From Voting in Kandal
SAÁNG DISTRICT, Kandal Province – Liv Yang Bin, 66, has voted four times, but yesterday he could not make it a fifth.
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CPP wins, but suffers Loss in Parliamentary Majority
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) claimed victory in yesterday’s national election, but saw its majority severely diminished, ceding 22 National Assembly seats to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the party’s first major setback since the U.N. backed election in 1993.
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Party of PM Hun Sen wins Cambodian election, majority slashed
(Reuters) - Cambodia's ruling party won Sunday's general election but with a much-reduced majority, according to the government, a result that will be seen as a setback for authoritarian leader Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers.
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In Preliminary Results, Ruling Party Seats Diminished in Election Win
WASHINGTON — Cambodia’s ruling party has reportedly won in national electionsSunday, but it appears to have lost a significant number of seats in parliament.
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Kem Sokha Concerned Over Post- Election Violence
Opposition vice president Kem Sokha yesterday said he could not guarantee there would be no violence following Sunday’s vote and appeal to the international community to be alert and help ensure a peaceful transition after the election results are released.
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Security Be Boosted on Final Day of Election Campaigning
Phnom Penh authorities said yesterday that all necessary security measures were in place to ensure that today’s final burst of campaigning would be peaceful and cause limited disruption in the city and Sunday’s national election vote goes ahead without incident.
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ABC Radio Owner Takes Morning Commentary Show off Air
The owner of popular radio station ABC, who on Tuesday and Wednesday warned on air of a military coup if the opposition wins on Sunday’s national election, yesterday took his morning talk show off air in what he described as a “strike” against calls from the authorities to cease his controversial said broadcasts.
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Women Candidates in Cambodian Election
To promote women representation in politics, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released a map with data analysis of women candidates participating in the National Assembly elections. The CCHR is a local organization that fights for civil and political rights in Cambodia and actively uses new media tools in carrying out its advocacies. Elections in Cambodia will take place on July 28.
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Work of Observers Key to Fair Election, Monitor Says
WASHINGTON DC - The head of the election monitoring group Comfrel says a number of election irregularities and fraud have taken place during the campaign period, as observers prepare for Election Day on Sunday.
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Young Cambodian's election wishes
Somaly Ngoun, Human Rights Defender Project Intern with CCHR, is interviewed with BBC News on "Young Cambodian's election wishes."
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Bundith Triple Shooting Victims Appeal for More Compensation
Three factory workers who were shot and injured by Chhouk Bundith, the former Bavet City governor who is now a fugitive from the law, have filed an appeal with the Svay Rieng Provincial Court demanding higher financial compensation to be paid by their attacker, court officials said yesterday.
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In Border Provinces, Sam Rainsy Talks Justice and Lost Territory
Svay Rieng city/ Prey Veng city- Four years after he was convicted for uprooting wooden makers demarcating this province’s border with Vietnam, Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy yesterday returned to campaign in Svay Rieng where an initial cluster of 40 people gradually swelled to about 6,000.
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UK Sugar Firm Investigating Child Labor Claims
UK sugar firm Tate& Lyle yesterday said it was looking into recent allegation of child labor on two plantations in Koh Kong province it has been buying sugar from since 2010, but rebuked NGOs for not bringing the claims to its attention sooner.
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Military Stays Silent on New Promotion of Hun Sen’s Sons
Military officials yesterday continued to decline to comment on the latest promotion of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son, including eldest Hun Manet’s rise from major to lieutenant general_ his latest fast- track promotion.
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Warning of Violence if CPP Loss Election Fall on Deaf Ears
Amid of mounting threats of violence_ be it through a coup or fall-blown civil war-resident in Phnom Penh yesterday said they were unperturbed by such an eventuality and that the country has progressed beyond the day of warfare and political upheaval.
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Rainsy Asked Constitutional Council to Clear Election Candidacy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday asked the constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) to reinstate him as a voter and candidate for Sunday’s election, privileged he lose due to criminal conviction that King Norodom Sihamoni recently pardoned.
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RCAF Asked to Reassure Public After Coup Wrings
Civil society groups and the opposition yesterday called on the military to issue a statement repudiating claims made by the owner of a popular radio station that the military would remove the opposition from office if it wins Sunday’s national election.
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Government Denies Claims Military, Police Are Intimidating Voters
The government yesterday denied allegation made in a statement released by Human Right Watch (HRW) on Monday that senior member of the police and military were creating an intimidating atmosphere for voters by campaigning for the ruling party.
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Young Cambodian voters look beyond tragic past
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- From accusations of genocide denial to warnings of fresh civil war, Cambodia's bloody history looms large over its upcoming election, but many younger voters are looking to the future instead. Former guerilla fighter turned strongman premier Hun Sen has long evoked the horrors of the Khmer Rouge -- and his role in helping to liberate the country -- to shore up his popularity.
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Rainsy Appeals to Heng Samrin to be Allowed to Run in Election
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday made a last-ditch attempt to run as a candidate in Sunday’s national election, that CPP National Assembly President Heng Samrin reinstate him as a lawmaker.
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