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ABC Radio Owner Warns of RCAF Coup if CNRP wins Election
The owner of popular Phnom Penh-based radio station ABC used a morning broadcast yesterday to predict that the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces would move to oust opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sohka if they win Sunday’s national election
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KRT to Hear Closing Statements in October
Closing statements in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s first Case 002 “mini-trial” are due in October, after which the second segment of the trial will begin- with a new panel of international and national judges_ the Supreme Court Chamber announced yesterday.
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NGOs Support Claims Child Labor Used at Sugar Farms
Local NGOs issued a joint statement yesterday supporting a recent article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper about children being put to work on sugarcane plantation supplying British firm Tate& Lyle.
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NEC Rejects Rainsy’s Appeal To Compete in Election
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said that the opposition leader Sam Rainsy will not be allowed to contest the national election on Sunday, leading the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president to respond that his party would be likely not accept the vote results and warned of protests.
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Foreign Embassies Are Prepared in Case of Election Unrest
Embassy officials said yesterday they have informed their citizens of possible election-related unrest, and have contingency plans in case of protests on or after Sunday’s vote, though the political situation in Cambodia at this time remains stable.
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NEC Opens Hotline for Names Missing Form Voter Lists
In the wake of mounting concerns that at least 1million people could lose their right to vote on Sunday, the National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday announced that disenfranchised voters trying calling one of five phone numbers if their name is missing from the voter list.
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Opposition Hopes High but Hun Sen Seen Retaining Power
TUOL TA CHEN VILLAGE- Takeo Province- After 28 years of rule by Hun Sen, Asia’s longest-serving prime minister, the rallying cry for Cambodia opposition ahead of week’s election is obvious, and it appears to be attracting an unprecedented number of voters.
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Young activists take to the streets ahead of the Cambodian elections
With more than a third of registered voters aged between 18 and 30, Cambodia's political parties are looking to youth and social media to secure support. Cambodia's upcoming elections have been dubbed the "Cambodian Spring", with an unprecedented number of young activists taking to the streets and social media, demanding a change.
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Media Cite NEC Regulation for Rainsy Ban
State-owned television station said yesterday that the reason that they did not broadcast any news about opposition leader Sam Rainsy return to Cambodia on Friday was because it would have been in contravention of National Election Committee (NEC) regulation.
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Rainsy Faces Uphill Battle in Rural Provinces
SIHANOUKVILLE- Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s whirlwind tour of Cambodia’s provinces ahead of the national election on Sunday picked up on some steam yesterday with an excited crowd of at lear 5,000filling the street in front of Sihanoukville’s Independent Park.
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Local Stations in a Quandary over Election Broadcasting Ban
WASHINGTON — Local FM radio station operators say they are uncertain whether they will drop programming from the Voice of America and other foreign-produced media, following the issue of a government ban on broadcasting leading up to Election Day.
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Cambodian opposition chief applies to stand in polls
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- Cambodia's newly returned opposition leader Sunday applied to be reinstated as an electoral candidate in order to stand against strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen in polls this month. Sam Rainsy, who was greeted by huge crowds on Friday after his return from self-imposed exile in France, was removed from the electoral register late last year and is unable to run as a candidate in the July 28 polls unless parliament amends the law.
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Police Question Three ‘False’ Polling Data Documents
Police in Prey Veng province yesterday questioned three opposition party officials over polling data that shows the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) besting the ruling CPP in the July 28 national election.
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Unedited: Interview with Virak Ou on the National Election in Cambodia on July 28, 2013
During my research for ARD German Radio I interviewed the Cambodian Human Rights Activist Virak Ou about the role of social media and fear during the election campaign and the expectations for the election results on July 28.
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Sam Rainsy’s Return Not News for Nation TV
Dozens of journalists will gather at Phnom Penh in International Airport today to cover one of the year’s biggest news stories: Sam Rainsy’s return. Reuters, Associated Press and other will be there, but official at state- owned and private pro-ruling party media said that they had little interest in the event.
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Kem Sokha to Accompany Sam Rainsy Back to Cambodia
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy will make his long-awaited return to Cambodia today in the company of party vice president Kem Sokha and other Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials, party spokesman said yesterday.
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Corruption Key Issue as Televised Debates Continue
PHNOM PENH - Three more political parties took part in televised debate on Thursday, again looking toward the combatting of corruption as a way of attracting voters in the July 28 election.
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Ministry of Interior Outlaws Bests on National Election Results
The Ministry of interior has outlawed all betting on the results of the upcoming July 28 national election, saying the move was necessary to prevent insecurity.
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Stephen Heder Explains Mystery of KR codes
Stephen Heder took the stand for last time at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, likely bringing an end to hearings that began in November 2011, and paving the way for parties to begin preparing their close remarks.
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In Aid Debates, Experts Factor China’s Role
WASHINGTON DC - As US congressional representatives in the House and Senate discuss a potential cut in US aid to Cambodia, analysts say that China’s increasing role in Cambodia’s development cannot be ignored. Currently, a resolution is moving through the Senate that would urge the US government to tie at least some Cambodian aid to whether the upcoming elections are free and fair. Last week, a House of Representatives subcommittee held hearings on Cambodia’s political and social “crisis,” where House representatives also said the US should consider cutting back some aid to Cambodia.
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