The parallels to 2017’s “death of democracy” have been striking as Prime Minister Hun Sen threatens to dissolve Cambodia’s largest opposition party, leaving Candlelight leaders to grapple with what — if anything — they can do about it.
A seventh NagaWorld worker was summoned to court on Thursday in relation to a complaint filed by the casino corporation alleging a raft of crimes.
Police investigations into plotting charges against former CNRP members, including Mu Sochua, relied mostly on their public Facebook posts and interviews with pro-opposition media Radio Free Asia.
Judges in the Kem Sokha treason trial have agreed to a two-month break before finally heading into closing arguments in the already-prolonged trial against the former CNRP president.
Invited to handover graduation degrees, Prime Minister Hun Sen chose the occasion to call Sam Rainsy the most treacherous person in the last 500 years of Cambodian history, saying the former opposition leader’s family were all traitors.
Phnom Penh court prosecutors continued to question defendants in a fifth mass trial related to former CNRP vice president Mu Sochua’s attempt to return in 2021.
The Kem Sokha treason trial is barrelling toward a verdict as judges announced an end to witness cross examinations and scheduled closing arguments, much to the consternation of the defense team.
The Supreme Court has asked a lower court to retry an incitement conviction against the teenage son of a jailed opposition activist and to keep in mind his status as a minor.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court is holding back-to-back sessions of the Kem Sokha trial this week to get through witness cross examinations, a level of urgency not seen in the so-far sluggish trial.
Sam Rainsy lacked evidence and precision in accusing and defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen online of alleged links to prominent deaths, a French criminal court ruled this week. But the court still cleared Rainsy of libel charges, saying debate on the little investigated cases was of “major” public interest given his position as an exiled opposition leader.
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