Publication : Press Release

At a school inauguration ceremony on January 5 at Kompong Cham province, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a stern warning to all political parties against criticising their competitors in order to win votes in the upcoming April 1 commune elections. He urged them to adopt a commercial advertisement style, extolling one’s own goods or services and not criticising the goods or services of others, and said that he would take firm action against persons responsible for criticism which would be, in his opinion, divisive and detrimental to the country’s stability.

Information Source : Cambodia: Government Silencing Critics Ahead of Elections

• AHRC-Asian Human Rights Commission